Ääntäminen
- UK:
- IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/
- IPA: /ˈəʊvəweɪt/
- Tuntematon aksentti:
- IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/
- IPA: /ˈoʊvɚweɪt/
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Määritelmät
Verbi
- (transitive) To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long.
Substantiivi
- The period of time one overwaits; an excessive duration of waiting; delay.
Esimerkit
- I didn't waste any time getting to sleep, and the orderly didn't overwait his time, either. I miscalculated on the moon and the depth of our chasm. I expected the moon to appear some time before midnight, but she didn't.
- I'm convinced we behave like this because most of us overwait for times of respite, and then we try to cram a month's peace into two weeks of hectic vacationing.
- But they have objected that this word oppresse is incertain; for he may be oppressed with overwait, or hunger and cold.
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