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OVERGO

Definition: OVERGO

OVERGO

Transitive verb

1. To oppress; to weigh down.

2. To cover.

3. To exceed; to surpass.

4. To travel over.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "OVERGO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Note: Overgo \O`ver*go"\, transitive verb. [Imperative Overwent; present participle Overgone; present participle verb or noun Overgoing.]. (Websters 1913)

"OVERGO" is a common misspelling or typo for: overage, overdo, overgrow, overtop.


Synonyms within Context: OVERGO

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Transcursion

Overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar; (rise).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: OVERGO

English words defined with "OVERGO": Overgoing, Overgone, Overwent. (references)

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Modern Translation: OVERGO

Language Translations for "OVERGO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Ukrainian

  

проходити (elapse, overpass, pass, pass over, slip by), придушувати (deject, depress, neutralize, outray, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, stamp out, strangle, suppress), переходити (descend, devolve, move about, move around, overpass, proceed, switch over, verge, vest), перетинати (cross, intercept, intersect, overpass, pass through, transverse, traverse), переливатися через край (overflow, overgang, overrun, run over). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: OVERGO

Derivations

Words beginning with "OVERGO": overgoad, overgoaded, overgoading, overgoads, overgovern, overgoverned, overgoverning, overgoverns. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: OVERGO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: groove.

Words within the letters "e-g-o-o-r-v"

-1 letter: grove.

-2 letters: ergo, goer, gore, ogre, over, rove.

-3 letters: ego, erg, goo, gor, ore, reg, rev, roe, veg, voe.

-4 letters: er, go, oe, or, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-o-o-r-v"
 

+1 letter: grooved, groover, grooves, overdog.

 

+2 letters: governor, groovers, groovier, overdogs, overgoad, overgrow, overlong, regroove.

 

+3 letters: governors, grooviest, moviegoer, overdoing, overgoads, overgrown, overgrows, regrooved, regrooves.

 

+4 letters: ergonovine, moviegoers, overbought, overcoming, overdosage, overdosing, overgoaded, overgovern, overgrowth, overhoping, overjoying, overloving, overvoting, regrooving, virologies.

 

+5 letters: aboveground, ergonovines, governorate, microgroove, noncoverage, overblowing, overboiling, overbooking, overcooking, overcooling, overdosages, overemoting, overflowing, overgoading, overgoverns, overgrowing, overgrowths, overholding, overloading, overlooking, overlording, overprogram, oversmoking, oversoaking, overthought, overtoiling, overtopping, overvoltage, overworking, overwrought, rotogravure.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OVERGO


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 56 45 52 47 4F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

---    ...-    .    .-.    --.    ---

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 01000111 01001111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#86 &#69 &#82 &#71 &#79

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0056 0045 0052 0047 004F

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

495639524149

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Non-English Dictionaries with "OVERGO"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняукраїнський, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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