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The overall cost of the repairs will be about $350. —SYNONYM total ►o • ver • all adverb

How much will it cost overall?

o • ver • alls / ' ouvarolz / noun [ plural ]

pants with an extra part that covers your chest, held up by a piece of cloth over each shoulder

o•ver•board / ' ouvarbord /

over the side of a boat and into the water She fell overboard.

o • ver • cast / ' ouvarkrest / adjective

(used about the sky) covered with clouds

o • ver • charge / |ouvar ' tfard3 / verb

( o ver • charg • es , o • ver • charg ing , o • ver charged )

to ask someone to pay too much money for something The taxi driver overcharged me.

o•ver•coat / ' ouvarkout / [count] a long warm coat

Although it was a hot day, he was wearing an overcoat. — Look at the picture at clothes .

o • ver • come / |ouvar ' клш / verb

( o • ver comes , o • ver • com • ing , o • ver • came

/ |ouvar' keim / has o . ver . come )

to find an answer to a difficult thing in your life; to control something

He overcame his fear of flying.

o • ver • croWd • ed / |ouvar'kraudad /

adjective

too full of people

The trains are overcrowded on Friday evenings. o • ver • do / |ouvar ' du / verb ( o • ver • does

/ |ouvar' dAz / o . ver . did / |ouvar' did / o . ver . do • ing ,

has o • ver • done / |ouvar ' dAn / )

to use or do too much of something

You should get a little exercise, but don't overdo it.

o•ver•dose / ' ouvardous / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) an amount of a drug or medicine that is too large

and so is not safe

He died of a drug overdose .

o • ver • due / |ouvar' du / adjective

not done by the expected time

We had no money and the rent was overdue.

—SYNONYM late

o • ver • es • ti • mate |aw / |ouvar' estameit /

verb ( o • ver • es • ti • mates , o • ver • es ti • mat • ing ,

ver • es • ti • mat ed )

to think that someone or something is bigger, better, more important, etc. than they really are

overestimated how far we could get in a day.

—ANTONYM underestimate

o • ver • floW / |ouvar' flou /

( o • ver flows , o • ver flow • ing , o • ver • flowed )

to be so full that there is no space

Someone left the faucet on and the bathtub overflowed.

o • ver • groWn / ^uvar ' groun / adjective

covered with plants that have grown too big

The house was empty and the yard was overgrown.

o • ver•head / ' ouvarhed / adjective

above your head an overhead light

► o • ver • head / |ouvar' hed / adverb

A plane flew overhead.

• ver•hear / |ouvar' hir /

( o ver • hears , o • ver • hear • ing , o • ver • heard /

|ouvar ' hard / )

to hear what someone is saying when they are speaking to another person

overheard Louise saying that she was unhappy.

o • ver • lapaw / |ouvar' lrep /

( o • ver laps , o • ver lap ping , o • ver lapped )

When two things overlap , part of one thing covers part of

the other thing

The tiles on the roof overlap.

o • ver • look / |ouvar' luk / verb ( o • ver • looks ,

ver • look • ing , o • ver • looked )

to not see or notice something He overlooked one important fact.

to have a view over something My room overlooks the ocean.

o • ver • night / iouvar' nait / adjective, adverb

for or during the night an overnight trip

They stayed at our house overnight.

o • ver • pass / ' ouvarpres / noun [ count ] ( plural o • ver • pass • es )

a bridge that carries a road over other roads

— Look at underpass .