Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-run

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English

Syllables
over-run
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

over-runs (present, singular) over-running (participle, present) over-ran (past)

Questions

What does over-run mean?
Alternative form of overrun.

How to pronounce over-run

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