overspill

o·ver·spill

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [verb oh-ver-spil; noun oh-ver-spil]
- /verb ˌoʊ vərˈspɪl; noun ˈoʊ vərˌspɪl/
- /ˈəʊ.və.spɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb oh-ver-spil; noun oh-ver-spil]
- /verb ˌoʊ vərˈspɪl; noun ˈoʊ vərˌspɪl/

Definitions of overspill word

verb without object overspill to spill over. 1
noun overspill the act of spilling over. 1
noun overspill something that spills over. 1
noun overspill British. overflow. 1
noun overspill excess numbers of people 1
variable noun overspill Overspill is used to refer to people who live near a city because there is no room in the city itself. 0

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Origin of overspill

First appearance:

before 1850

One of the 32% newest English words

First recorded in 1850-55; over- + spill1

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Parts of speech for Overspill

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Overspill

overspill popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

overspill usage trend in Literature

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