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Definition: Overmuch |
OvermuchAdjective1. Very great in quantity; overabundant; "showed overmuch affection". Adverb1. More than necessary; "she eats too much"; "let's not blame them overmuch". Noun1. A quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overmuch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: OvermuchSynonyms: too much (adv), overabundance (n), overmuchness (n), superabundance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Redundancy | Adverb: over, too, over and above; overmuch, too much; too far; without measure, beyond measure, out of measure; with.. to spare; over head and ears; up to one's eyes, up to one's ears; extra; beyond the mark; (transcursion); acervatim. |
Adjective: redundant; too much, too many; exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish; prodigal; exorbitant; overweening; extravagant; overcharged; Verb: supersaturated, drenched, overflowing; running over, running to waste, running down. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Overmuch |
| English words defined with "overmuch": Overmickle. (references) |
| "Overmuch" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 72.73% of the time. "Overmuch" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 72.73% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Determiner (general) | 27.27% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 44 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "overmuch". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Shibmah | N/A | Biblical | Overmuch captivity |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Language | Translations for "overmuch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tepër (beastly, confoundedly, damnably, dearly, excessively, extremely, frightfully, greatly, highly, most, overly, overwhelmingly, parlous, passing, pathetically, precious, so, too, too much, unduly, very). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفرط (exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, frightful, immoderate, intemperate, intolerable, overabundant, overweening, super, superabundant, superfluous, superlative, too much, unconscionable, undue, unqualified, unreasonable, unrestrained), زيادة (addition, augment, augmentation, boost, enhancement, excess, expansion, growing, increase, increment, over, overflow, plethora, plus, raise, redundance, redundancy, rise, superfluity, top up), أكثر مما ينبغى, بإفراط (beastly, deadly, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, hard, passing, unduly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | прекалено много. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přespříliš (excessively), příliš velký. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trop de, trop (overly), excessivement, excessif (overdone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | allzuviel (excessively, too much). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραπολύ, υπέρμετροσ (excessive, exorbitance, immoderate, inordinate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יותר מ"י (more than necessary, too, too many, too much). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szerfölött. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | troppo (over, overly, so, too, too many, too much). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overmuchay medida demasiado grande, demasiadamente (overly, too, too much, unduly). (various references) prea mult (excessively, to a fault, too much), exagerat (exaggerated, exaggerative, hyperbolic, inordinate, profuse, regardless, steep, swollen, tall, theatrical, thick, undue). (various references) чрезмерно (beyond measure, excessively, over-, overly, profusely, unduly). (various references) previše (overly), premnogo (too much). (various references) en demasía, demasiado (a bit much, over-, overly, overnight, too, too many, too much). (various references) mycket (a lot of, far, greatly, heaps, jolly, loads, lot, major, mighty, most, much, not half, quite, so, very, very much). (various references) pek çok (a great many, a whale of a lot, immensely, mighty, most, numberless, oodles, oodles of, out and away, plenty, plenty of, very much), gereğinden fazla (excrescent, more than enough, over, redundant, superabundant, unnecessary), çok fazla (damn, devilish, excessively, exorbitant, far too much, immoderate, like blazes, mightily, oodles of, over, plethoric, superabundant, too many, too much). (various references) agdyk. (various references) надто (extreme, extremely, most, overly, super, too), надмірно (exorbitantly, felly, hard, immensely, lavishly, outrageously, overly, profusely, unduly), занадто багато. (various references) sự quá nhiều số lượng quá nhiều. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nimis, nimium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 17, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | StaqeiV de o pauloV en mesw tou areiou pagou efh andreV aqhnaioi kata panta wV deisidaimonesterouV umaV qewrw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Stans autem Paulus in medio Ariopagi ait viri athenienses per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Poul stood in the myddil of Ariopage, and seide, Men of Athenys, bi alle thingis Y se you as veyn worschipers. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Paul stode in the myddes of Marse strete and sayde: ye men of Attens I perceave that in all thinges ye are to supersticious. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 17, Verse 22 |
| Albanian | Atëherë Pali, duke qëndruar në këmbë në mes të Areopagut, tha: ''O burra athinas, unë shoh se në të gjitha gjërat ju jeni shumë fetarë''. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ug si Pablo mitindog sa taliwala sa Areopago ug miingon, "Mga taga-Atenas, nasabut ko nga sa tanang paagi kamo mga masimbahon gayud. |
| Chinese | 保 羅 站 在 亞 略 巴 古 當 中 、 說 、 眾 位 雅 典 人 " 、 我 看 們 凡 事 很 敬 畏 鬼 神 。 |
| Croatian | Tada Pavao stade posred Areopaga i reèe: "Atenjani! U svemu ste, vidim, nekako veoma bogoljubni. |
| Danish | Men Paulus stod frem midt på Areopagus og sagde: ""I athemiensiske Mænd! jeg ser, at I i alle Måder ere omhyggelige for eders Gudsdyrkelse. |
| Dutch | En Paulus, staande in het midden van de plaats, genaamd Areopagus, zeide: Gij mannen van Athene! ik bemerke, dat gij alleszins gelijk als godsdienstiger zijt. |
| Finnish | Niin Paavali astui keskelle Areiopagia ja sanoi: "Ateenan miehet, minä näen kaikesta, että te suuresti kunnioitatte jumalia. |
| French | Paul, debout au milieu de l`Aréopage, dit: Hommes Athéniens, je vous trouve tous égards extrêmement religieux. |
| German | Paulus aber stand mitten auf dem Gerichtsplatz und sprach: Ihr Männer von Athen, ich sehe, daß ihr in allen Stücken gar sehr die Götter fürchtet. |
| Hungarian | Elõállván pedig Pál az Areopágusnak közepette, monda: Athéni férfiak, minden tekintetben nagyon istenfélõknek látlak titeket. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada waktu Paulus berdiri di depan orang-orang yang berkumpul di Areopagus itu, Paulus berkata, "Hai orang-orang Atena! Saya melihat bahwa dalam segala hal kalian sangat beragama. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka berdirilah Paulus di tengah-tengah Areopagus itu, serta berkata, "Hai orang Atina, menurut sekalian yang tampak kepadaku, kamu teramatlah sangat mengindahkan agama. |
| Latvian | Tad Pâvils, stâvçdams areopaga vidû, sacîja: Atçnieði, es redzu jûs visâs lietâs pârâk reliìiozus! |
| Maori | ¶ Na ka tu a Paora i waenganui o Areopaka, ka mea, E nga tangata o Atene, i nga mea katoa ka kite ahau he ahua nui ke to koutou wehi ki nga atua maori. |
| Norwegian | Så stod da Paulus frem midt på Areopagus og sa: Atenske menn! I alle måter ser jeg at I er ivrige i eders gudsfrykt. |
| Rumanian | Pavel a stat kn picioare kn mijlocul Areopagului, wi a zis: ,,Bqrbayi Atenieni! Kn toate privinyele vq gqsesc foarte religiowi. |
| Shuar | ¶ Nuyanka Papru Ariupakunam ajapén wajaki Tímiayi "Atenasnumia aishmantiram, wi nékajai, atumsha atumi yusri ainia Nuyá tsurakchamniaitrume, Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Basi, Paulo alisimama mbele ya baraza la Areopago, akasema, "Wananchi wa Athene! Ninaona kwamba ninyi, kwa vyovyote, ni watu wa dini sana. |
| Swedish | Då trädde Paulus fram mitt på Areopagen och sade: "Atenare, jag ser av allting att I ären mycket ivriga gudsdyrkare. |
| Uma | ¶ Ngkai ree, pokore-nami Paulus hi laintongo' -ra to morumpu hi Bulu' Areopagus toe, pai' na'uli': "Pue' ngata Atena! Kuhilo hi rala butu nyala pogau' -ni, mo'agama mpu'u-koi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overmuch": overmuches. (additional references) | |
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"Overmuch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Averbuch, Versuch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-m-o-r-u-v" | |
-1 letter: voucher. | |
-2 letters: chrome, rouche. | |
-3 letters: chemo, chore, comer, cover, curve, homer, hover, humor, mohur, mouch, mover, mucor, mucro, ocher, ochre, rheum, ruche, vomer, vouch. | |
-4 letters: cero, chum, come, core, corm, cove, cure, echo, ecru, euro, herm, hero, hoer, home, hour, hove, meou, more, moue, move, much, mure, omer, ouch, over, ovum, roue, rove. | |
-5 letters: cor. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-m-o-r-u-v" | |
+2 letters: overmuches. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 6D 75 63 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. -- ..- -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01101101 01110101 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r m u c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 006D 0075 0063 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4988718479876974 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Turkmen | Тюркменски Език, Turkmène, Turkmenin, Turkmene, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier | |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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