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overrun

/ˌoʊvərˈrʌn/ /ˌəʊvəˈrʌn/
  1. 1
    istila etmek, (bir yeri) sarmak

    To spread over a place quickly in large numbers and fill it.

    • The old house was overrun with mice.
      Eski evi fareler istila etmişti.
    • Every summer, tourists overrun the little fishing village.
      Her yaz turistler küçük balıkçı köyünü istila ediyor.
  2. 2
    (süreyi, bütçeyi) aşmak, (planlanandan) uzun sürmek

    To continue for longer or cost more than was planned.

    • The meeting overran by forty minutes.
      Toplantı planlanandan kırk dakika uzun sürdü.
    • The project overran its budget by two million pounds.
      Proje bütçesini iki milyon sterlin aştı.
  3. 3
    (uçak) pistten taşmak, (pistin) sonunu aşmak Aviation

    To go past the end of a runway when landing or taking off.

    • The aircraft overran the runway after landing in heavy rain.
      Uçak şiddetli yağmurda iniş yaptıktan sonra pistten taştı.
    • The jet overran the end of the runway and stopped on the grass.
      Jet pistin sonunu aşıp çimenlerin üzerinde durdu.

Verb Forms Irregular A-B-A · Participle, base ile aynı

Base overrun
/ˌoʊvərˈrʌn/
Past overran
Participle overrun
How the past is formed

No ‑ed✗overrunned ✓overran

Bu fiil düzensizdir: -ed kuralı uygulanmaz, past ve participle biçimleri ezberlenir.

  • Pastoverrun → overranSesli harf değişir: u → a.
  • Participleoverrun → overrunParticiple, base ile aynıdır.

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Synonyms

Collocations

be overrun with somethingbe overrun by somethingoverrun a budgetoverrun by an houroverrun the runwayoverrun the end of the runway

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