overstay
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English[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Verb[edit]
overstay (third-person singular simple present overstays, present participle overstaying, simple past and past participle overstayed)
- (intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
- (transitive) To remain present beyond the limits of.
- 2022 August 24, Tassanee Vejpongsa, Grant Peck, “Thai court suspends PM Prayuth pending ruling on term limit”, in The Washington Post[1], retrieved 2022-08-24:
- 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.
- He overstayed his welcome.
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Translations[edit]
remain present after the agreed or appropriate time
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Noun[edit]
overstay (plural overstays)
- The act of staying too long.
- 2011, Richard M. Stana, Overstay Enforcement:
- 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.