Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overheat

/ˌoʊvɚˈhit/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
over-heat
IPA
/ˌoʊvɚˈhit/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To heat excessively.

Transitive verb

verb

To become excessively hot.

Intransitive verb

verb

To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.

noun

A condition of being overheated.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/
  • British English: /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

overheats (present, singular) overheating (participle, present) overheated (participle, past) overheated (past) overheats (plural)

Derived Forms

overheater

Rhymes With

street meet eat complete beat feet sweet heat seat treat meat re-treat

Questions

How do you pronounce overheat?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/.
What does overheat mean?
To heat excessively.
Where does overheat come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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