Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overpass
Participle: overpassne
Gerund: overpassing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| he;she;it | overpasses |
| we | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| they | overpass |
Perfect
| I | have overpassne |
| you | have overpassne |
| he;she;it | has overpassne |
| we | have overpassne |
| you | have overpassne |
| they | have overpassne |
Past
| I | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| he;she;it | overpass |
| we | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| they | overpass |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpassne |
| you | had overpassne |
| he;she;it | had overpassne |
| we | had overpassne |
| you | had overpassne |
| they | had overpassne |
Future
| I | will overpass |
| you | will overpass |
| he;she;it | will overpass |
| we | will overpass |
| you | will overpass |
| they | will overpass |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overpassne |
| you | will have overpassne |
| he;she;it | will have overpassne |
| we | will have overpassne |
| you | will have overpassne |
| they | will have overpassne |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| he;she;it | overpass |
| we | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| they | overpass |
Perfect
| I | have overpassne |
| you | have overpassne |
| he;she;it | have overpassne |
| we | have overpassne |
| you | have overpassne |
| they | have overpassne |
Imperfect
| I | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| he;she;it | overpass |
| we | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| they | overpass |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpassne |
| you | had overpassne |
| he;she;it | had overpassne |
| we | had overpassne |
| you | had overpassne |
| they | had overpassne |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overpass |
| you | would overpass |
| he;she;it | would overpass |
| we | would overpass |
| you | would overpass |
| they | would overpass |
Perfect
| I | would have overpassne |
| you | would have overpassne |
| he;she;it | would have overpassne |
| we | would have overpassne |
| you | would have overpassne |
| they | would have overpassne |
Imperative
| you | overpass |
| we | Let's overpass |
| you | overpass |
Verbs similar to 'overpass'
overboss,
overcast,
overdoss,
overlash,
overmast,
overpack,
overpad,
overpark,
overpart,
overpay,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pass beyond the limits of something
- exceed, excel, forpass, go beyond, outcompass, outstep, outstrip, overgo, overreach, overstep, overstride, surpass, transcend, transgress, trespass
- to exceed a limit
- transcend
- to disregard
- fail to notice, ignore, unmind
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.
10. Proto-Italic *pattus
11. Latin passus
12. Proto-Italic *-āzi
13. ▲
14. Latin -ereinflu.
15. Latin -āre
16. Vulgar Latin *passāre
17. Old French passerbor.
18. Middle English passen
19. English pass
20. English overpass
21. From over- + pass.
Sample Sentences
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Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.
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Marshall was really overpassing his authority when he ordered the security guards to fire their tasers at the trespassers.
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The precocious student had really overpassed her peers, and was reading books written for children several years older.
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Thou who didst fling on Troia's every tower / The o'er-roofing snare, that neither great thing might, / Nor any of the young ones, overpass / Captivity's great sweep-net— […] [1877, Æschylus, translated by Robert Browning, The Agamemnon of Æschylus, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 31:]
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For as was the land, such was the art of it while folk yet troubled themselves about such things; it strove little to impress people either by pomp or ingenuity: not unseldom it fell into commonplace, rarely it rose into majesty; yet was it never oppressive, never a slave’s nightmare or an insolent boast: and at its best it had an inventiveness, an individuality, that grander styles have never overpassed: […] [[1878], William Morris, The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress […], London: Ellis and White, […], →OCLC, page 21:]
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A youth, how all the beauties of the East / He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed. [1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, lines 197–198:]