overdo
/ˌoʊvɚˈdu/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight."
- "[…] o’erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end […] is to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature;"
- "[B]elieve me, / That servant overdoes, that’s too officious; / And in presuming to direct your master, / You argue him of weakness, and your self / Of arrogance and impertinence."
- "The merchant importers […] endeavour, as well as they can, to suit their occasional importations to what, they judge, is likely to be the immediate demand. With all their attention, however, they sometimes over-do the business, and sometimes under-do it."
- "Jo helps me with the sewing, and insists on doing all sorts of hard jobs. I should be afraid she might overdo, if I didn’t know her ‘moral fit’ wouldn’t last long."
- "Carol had overdone the ventilation and the room was cold."
Etymology
From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + do.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: overdon, oferdōn
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌoʊvɚˈdu/
- British English: /ˌəʊvəˈduː/