| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 389 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| overestimate | verb | They overestimated their income. | exaggerated |
| overflow | verb | The river overflowed its banks. | flooded |
| overhear | verb | Anyone can overhear your conversations. | eavesdrop |
| overlap | verb | My work overlapped his work. | coincided |
| noun | There's a lot of overlap with shingles. | overhang | |
| overlook | verb | We will overlook his lateness. | ignore |
| verb | Do not overlook the money problem. | neglect | |
| verb | The building overlooks the sea. | towers above | |
| overnight | adj. | It is an overnight trip. | two day |
| adv. | We stayed overnight at her house. | two days | |
| overseas | adj. | They are an overseas company. | foreign |
| adv. | He will work overseas this year. | abroad | |
| overtake | verb | We will overtake the other car soon. | pass |