Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overburden
Participle: overburdened
Gerund: overburdening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overburden |
| you | overburden |
| he;she;it | overburdens |
| we | overburden |
| you | overburden |
| they | overburden |
Perfect
| I | have overburdened |
| you | have overburdened |
| he;she;it | has overburdened |
| we | have overburdened |
| you | have overburdened |
| they | have overburdened |
Past
| I | overburdened |
| you | overburdened |
| he;she;it | overburdened |
| we | overburdened |
| you | overburdened |
| they | overburdened |
Pluperfect
| I | had overburdened |
| you | had overburdened |
| he;she;it | had overburdened |
| we | had overburdened |
| you | had overburdened |
| they | had overburdened |
Future
| I | will overburden |
| you | will overburden |
| he;she;it | will overburden |
| we | will overburden |
| you | will overburden |
| they | will overburden |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overburdened |
| you | will have overburdened |
| he;she;it | will have overburdened |
| we | will have overburdened |
| you | will have overburdened |
| they | will have overburdened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overburden |
| you | overburden |
| he;she;it | overburden |
| we | overburden |
| you | overburden |
| they | overburden |
Perfect
| I | have overburdened |
| you | have overburdened |
| he;she;it | have overburdened |
| we | have overburdened |
| you | have overburdened |
| they | have overburdened |
Imperfect
| I | overburdened |
| you | overburdened |
| he;she;it | overburdened |
| we | overburdened |
| you | overburdened |
| they | overburdened |
Pluperfect
| I | had overburdened |
| you | had overburdened |
| he;she;it | had overburdened |
| we | had overburdened |
| you | had overburdened |
| they | had overburdened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overburden |
| you | would overburden |
| he;she;it | would overburden |
| we | would overburden |
| you | would overburden |
| they | would overburden |
Perfect
| I | would have overburdened |
| you | would have overburdened |
| he;she;it | would have overburdened |
| we | would have overburdened |
| you | would have overburdened |
| they | would have overburdened |
Imperative
| you | overburden |
| we | Let's overburden |
| you | overburden |
Verbs conjugated like 'overburden'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overburden'
overburn,
overburthen,
overharden,
emburden,
overbide,
overbreed,
overbrew,
overbrown,
overbudget,
overorder,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to put too much weight on," 1532, from over + burden. Earliest uses are figurative.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *úp
4. Proto-Indo-European *-er
5. Proto-Indo-European *upér
6. Proto-Germanic *uber
7. Old English ofer-
8. Middle English over-
9. English over-
10. English burden
11. English overburden
12. From over- + burden.
Sample Sentences
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In reality, the levels of work varied: some internationals seemed overburdened with tasks and responsibility, some seemed underburdened, and some faced apparently just the right amount of work. [2007, Kimberley Coles, Democratic Designs, →ISBN:]
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He said the increase would avoid overburdening taxpayers who have subsidised the railways by £31 billion since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. [2023 January 11, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Division over 5.9% increase in regulated rail fares”, in RAIL, number 974, page 16:]