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- [oh-ver-doo, -dyoo]
- /ˌoʊ vərˈdu, -ˈdyu/
- /ˌəʊ.vəˈdjuː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [oh-ver-doo, -dyoo]
- /ˌoʊ vərˈdu, -ˈdyu/
Definitions of overdue word
- adjective overdue past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late: two overdue library books. 1
- adjective overdue too long awaited; needed or expected for some time: Improvements in our highway system are long overdue. 1
- adjective overdue more than sufficiently advanced, mature, or ready: That country is overdue for industrial development. 1
- noun overdue Not yet having arrived, happened, or been done, though after the expected time. 1
- adjective overdue late, past deadline 1
- adjective overdue should have been done 1
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Origin of overdue
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
First recorded in 1835-45; over- + due
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Parts of speech for Overdue
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
overdue popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for overdue
adjective overdue
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- tardy — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- unpaid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- unsettled — not settled; not fixed or stable; without established order; unorganized; disorganized: an unsettled social order; still unsettled in their new home.
- belated — A belated action happens later than it should have done.
adverb overdue
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- in arrears — in arrears, behind or late, especially in payment: She was three months in arrears on her mortgage and credit card payments. Also, Chiefly Law, in arrear.
Antonyms for overdue
adjective overdue
- early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- on time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- settled — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
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