overstay

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8

Definition of overstay

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
  2. (transitive)To remain present beyond the limits of.
    “He overstayed his welcome.”
    “"[H]e had overstayed his three-score and ten years by something like twenty years. He must have been ninety, if he was a day!"”
    “Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha must suspend his active duties while the court decides whether he has overstayed his legal term in office.”

noun

  1. The act of staying too long.
    “For example, if USCIS approves a change of status or extension of stay for a nonimmigrant, the alien may be authorized to remain in the country beyond his or her original period of admission without qualifying as an overstay.”

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Etymology

From over- + stay.

Anagrams of overstay

1 play · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from overstay

200+ playable · top: SAVORY (12 pts)

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6-letter words

20 words

5-letter words

71 words

4-letter words

108 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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