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overstay
o·ver·stay O0194400 (ō′vər-stā′)tr.v. o·ver·stayed, o·ver·stay·ing, o·ver·stays To stay beyond the set limits or expected duration of; outstay: The guests overstayed their welcome.overstay (ˌəʊvəˈsteɪ) vb (tr) 1. to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of2. (Banking & Finance) finance to delay a transaction in (a market) until after the point at which the maximum profit would have been made3. NZ to stay in New Zealand beyond (the period sanctioned by the immigration authorities or the period of a visitor's permit)4. overstay one's welcome outstay one's welcome to stay (at a party, on a visit, etc), longer than pleases the host or hostesso•ver•stay (ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪ)
v.t. to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of: to overstay one's welcome. [1640–50] overstay
Past participle: overstayed
Gerund: overstaying
| Imperative |
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| overstay | | overstay |
| Present |
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| I overstay | | you overstay | | he/she/it overstays | | we overstay | | you overstay | | they overstay |
| Preterite |
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| I overstayed | | you overstayed | | he/she/it overstayed | | we overstayed | | you overstayed | | they overstayed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am overstaying | | you are overstaying | | he/she/it is overstaying | | we are overstaying | | you are overstaying | | they are overstaying |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have overstayed | | you have overstayed | | he/she/it has overstayed | | we have overstayed | | you have overstayed | | they have overstayed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was overstaying | | you were overstaying | | he/she/it was overstaying | | we were overstaying | | you were overstaying | | they were overstaying |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had overstayed | | you had overstayed | | he/she/it had overstayed | | we had overstayed | | you had overstayed | | they had overstayed |
| Future |
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| I will overstay | | you will overstay | | he/she/it will overstay | | we will overstay | | you will overstay | | they will overstay |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have overstayed | | you will have overstayed | | he/she/it will have overstayed | | we will have overstayed | | you will have overstayed | | they will have overstayed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be overstaying | | you will be overstaying | | he/she/it will be overstaying | | we will be overstaying | | you will be overstaying | | they will be overstaying |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been overstaying | | you have been overstaying | | he/she/it has been overstaying | | we have been overstaying | | you have been overstaying | | they have been overstaying |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been overstaying | | you will have been overstaying | | he/she/it will have been overstaying | | we will have been overstaying | | you will have been overstaying | | they will have been overstaying |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been overstaying | | you had been overstaying | | he/she/it had been overstaying | | we had been overstaying | | you had been overstaying | | they had been overstaying |
| Conditional |
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| I would overstay | | you would overstay | | he/she/it would overstay | | we would overstay | | you would overstay | | they would overstay |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have overstayed | | you would have overstayed | | he/she/it would have overstayed | | we would have overstayed | | you would have overstayed | | they would have overstayed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | overstay - stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome"outstayabide, bide, stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
Translationsoverstay
overstay (one's) welcome1. To remain a guest in a place, especially someone's home, for too long, to the point where the host no longer wishes one to stay. After the cool reception I received at breakfast, it was apparent that I had overstayed my welcome at the cottage of my father's friend.2. By extension, to do something that makes one no longer welcome in or at a place. Things were going fine at the dinner meeting until my coworker made a rather off-color joke, at which point it seemed that we'd overstayed our welcome.See also: overstay, welcomeoutstay (one's) welcome1. To remain a guest in a place, especially someone's home, for too long, to the point where the host no longer wishes one to stay. After the cool reception I received at breakfast, it was apparent that I had outstayed my welcome at the cottage of my father's friend.2. By extension, to have one's presence become unwanted in a particular environment. The polls make it clear that this candidate has outstayed her welcome in this primary race. Though wildly popular for a short time, the product simply outstayed its welcome in the market, and can now be found in bargain bins everywhere.See also: outstay, welcomeoutstay/overstay your ˈwelcome (of a guest) stay too long so that you are no longer welcome: We visited some friends in France, but we didn’t want to overstay our welcome and left after a couple of days.See also: outstay, overstay, welcomeOverstay
OverstayIn technical analysis, to hold an investment for too long such that it reduces one's gain or causes a loss. For example, a technical investor may see the end of an uptrend in a security's price, but believe the coming downtrend is only temporary. However, the downtrend may continue and the investor may refuse to sell, overstaying the investment until he/she loses.overstay
Related to overstay: overstay welcome, overstay my welcome, overstay their welcomeSynonyms for overstayverb stay too longSynonymsRelated Words |