Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overdose
Participle: overdosed
Gerund: overdosing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overdose |
| you | overdose |
| he;she;it | overdoses |
| we | overdose |
| you | overdose |
| they | overdose |
Perfect
| I | have overdosed |
| you | have overdosed |
| he;she;it | has overdosed |
| we | have overdosed |
| you | have overdosed |
| they | have overdosed |
Past
| I | overdosed |
| you | overdosed |
| he;she;it | overdosed |
| we | overdosed |
| you | overdosed |
| they | overdosed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overdosed |
| you | had overdosed |
| he;she;it | had overdosed |
| we | had overdosed |
| you | had overdosed |
| they | had overdosed |
Future
| I | will overdose |
| you | will overdose |
| he;she;it | will overdose |
| we | will overdose |
| you | will overdose |
| they | will overdose |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overdosed |
| you | will have overdosed |
| he;she;it | will have overdosed |
| we | will have overdosed |
| you | will have overdosed |
| they | will have overdosed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overdose |
| you | overdose |
| he;she;it | overdose |
| we | overdose |
| you | overdose |
| they | overdose |
Perfect
| I | have overdosed |
| you | have overdosed |
| he;she;it | have overdosed |
| we | have overdosed |
| you | have overdosed |
| they | have overdosed |
Imperfect
| I | overdosed |
| you | overdosed |
| he;she;it | overdosed |
| we | overdosed |
| you | overdosed |
| they | overdosed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overdosed |
| you | had overdosed |
| he;she;it | had overdosed |
| we | had overdosed |
| you | had overdosed |
| they | had overdosed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overdose |
| you | would overdose |
| he;she;it | would overdose |
| we | would overdose |
| you | would overdose |
| they | would overdose |
Perfect
| I | would have overdosed |
| you | would have overdosed |
| he;she;it | would have overdosed |
| we | would have overdosed |
| you | would have overdosed |
| they | would have overdosed |
Imperative
| you | overdose |
| we | Let's overdose |
| you | overdose |
Verbs conjugated like 'overdose'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overdose'
overdoss,
overboss,
overclose,
overcode,
overcome,
overdare,
overdate,
overdo,
overdot,
overdust,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1700 (n.), "an excessive dose," 1727 (v.), "to administer medicine in too large a dose" (trans.), from
over + dose. Meaning "to take an overdose of drugs" is first attested 1973.
2. From over- + dose.
Verbs referencing "overdose"
French
surdoser.
Sample Sentences
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Be careful not to overdose on those pills.
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She overdosed on cocaine.
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They still had Sergio Agüero to bring off the bench and the Etihad was overdosing on optimism. For the game to finish with an aggregate 5-1 score distorts the fact the occasion was full of drama and suspense until Salah’s goal conclusively changed the complexion of the evening. [2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):]
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Claude overdosed on smack in a Chicago flophouse three years later. [2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 191:]