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Overspent meaning

simple past and past participle of overspend

Using Overspent

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of overspend
  • In the example corpus, overspent often appears in combinations such as: overspent by, overspent on, was overspent.

Context around Overspent

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

district 1× countries 1× repeatedly 1×

Often after:

themselves 1×

Sentence patterns with Overspent

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

government has overspent and depleted 1× it had overspent in rolling 1× overspent on hargrove 1× that was overspent on the 1× the district overspent by 5 1× those countries overspent themselves and 1× to be overspent by millions 1× transport was overspent by 10m 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

by the end 1× his mother provided 1× i hope mr 1× mr oliver who 1× overspent on hargrove 1× state government has 1×

Common sentence endings:

and the germans 1× cleveland high schools 1× depleted our surplus 1× equipment and supplies 1× from landing him 1× of free internet 1×

Words around Overspent

Just before it in the word index:

overspends 6 overspending 66 overspend 60 overspeeding 4 overspeed 3 oversoul 15

Just after it in the word index:

overspill 8 overspilled 3 overspray 4 overspread 3 overspreads 2 overstaffed 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Overspent

  • In this selection, "overspent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, district, countries, repeatedly and themselves stand out and add context to how "overspent" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include government has overspent and depleted and it had overspent in rolling. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overspent" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overspent

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

State government has overspent and depleted our surplus. (8 words)

Overspent on Hargrove to prevent a division rival from landing him. (11 words)

His mother provided an allowance of £400 per year, but this was repeatedly overspent. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

The purchase comes after Credit Suisse Reliance shares this month over concerns that it had overspent in rolling out its cellular service Jio, which has gained 340 million subscribers with offers of free internet. (34 words)

By the end of the 1920s, however, those countries overspent themselves and were overtaken in the 1930s by those powers that hadn't been spending heavily, namely the British, the Americans and the Germans. (34 words)

Mr Oliver, who is also the Conservative leader of Surrey County Council, said his own local authority's budget for home-to-school transport was overspent by £10m. (28 words)

Example sentences (9)

Overspent on Hargrove to prevent a division rival from landing him.

Mr Oliver, who is also the Conservative leader of Surrey County Council, said his own local authority's budget for home-to-school transport was overspent by £10m.

I hope Mr. Carroll has not forgotten about the $30 million of bond money that was overspent on the construction of Corinth Holders and Cleveland High Schools.

State government has overspent and depleted our surplus.

The district overspent by $5,000 on minor equipment but underspent on other items under equipment and supplies.

The purchase comes after Credit Suisse Reliance shares this month over concerns that it had overspent in rolling out its cellular service Jio, which has gained 340 million subscribers with offers of free internet.

The trust is one of six in Yorkshire expected to be overspent by millions because of increased demand on their services.

By the end of the 1920s, however, those countries overspent themselves and were overtaken in the 1930s by those powers that hadn't been spending heavily, namely the British, the Americans and the Germans.

His mother provided an allowance of £400 per year, but this was repeatedly overspent.

Common combinations with overspent

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overspent" in a sentence?
An example: "Overspent on Hargrove to prevent a division rival from landing him." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "overspent" from authentic English texts.
What does "overspent" mean?
Overspent means: simple past and past participle of overspend
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "overspent", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.