Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overpass
Participle: overpassed
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 overpassed |
| you | have overpassed |
| he;she;it | has overpassed |
| we | have overpassed |
| you | have overpassed |
| they | have overpassed |
Past
| I | overpassed |
| you | overpassed |
| he;she;it | overpassed |
| we | overpassed |
| you | overpassed |
| they | overpassed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpassed |
| you | had overpassed |
| he;she;it | had overpassed |
| we | had overpassed |
| you | had overpassed |
| they | had overpassed |
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 overpassed |
| you | will have overpassed |
| he;she;it | will have overpassed |
| we | will have overpassed |
| you | will have overpassed |
| they | will have overpassed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| he;she;it | overpass |
| we | overpass |
| you | overpass |
| they | overpass |
Perfect
| I | have overpassed |
| you | have overpassed |
| he;she;it | have overpassed |
| we | have overpassed |
| you | have overpassed |
| they | have overpassed |
Imperfect
| I | overpassed |
| you | overpassed |
| he;she;it | overpassed |
| we | overpassed |
| you | overpassed |
| they | overpassed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpassed |
| you | had overpassed |
| he;she;it | had overpassed |
| we | had overpassed |
| you | had overpassed |
| they | had overpassed |
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 overpassed |
| you | would have overpassed |
| he;she;it | would have overpassed |
| we | would have overpassed |
| you | would have overpassed |
| they | would have overpassed |
Imperative
| you | overpass |
| we | Let's overpass |
| you | overpass |
Verbs conjugated like 'overpass'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
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:]