Definitions of overwork [ˌoʊ vərˈwɪn tər]

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Definition of 'overwork'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) overwork
to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long.

2.  overwork
to excite excessively.

3.  overwork
to use or elaborate to excess.

4.  overwork
to decorate the surface of.

5. (v.i.) overwork
to work too hard, too much, or too long.

6. (n.) overwork
work beyond one's strength or capacity.

Etymology: (1520–30)

Definition of 'overwork'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) overwork, overworking
the act of working too much or too long
"he became ill from overwork"

2. (verb) overwork
use too much
"This play has been overworked"

3. (verb) overwork, exploit
work excessively hard
"he is exploiting the students"

Translation of 'overwork'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the act of working too hard It's overwork that made him ill.
Afrikaans: ekstra werk, te veel/swaa	Arabic: إرْهاق	Bulgarian: преумора
Brazilian: excesso de trabalho	Czech: nával práce	German: dieÜberarbeitung
Danish: overanstrengelse	Greek: υπερβολική εργασία	Spanish: trabajo excesivo
Estonian: ületöötamine	Farsi: کار بیش از حد	Finnish: liikarasitus
French: surmenage	Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה רַבָּה מִדַי	Hindi: अत्यधिक कार्य या परिश्रम
Croatian: prekomjeran rad	Hungarian: túmunka; túlterhelés (mun	Indonesian: bekerja terlalu keras
Icelandic: of mikil vinna	Italian: eccesso di lavoro	Japanese: 働き過ぎ
Korean: 지나치게 일하다	Lithuanian: persidirbimas	Latvian: pārstrādāties; pārpūlētie
Malay: kerja terlalu kuat	Dutch: het te veel werken	Norwegian: for hardt arbeid, overans
Polish: przepracowanie	Persian: کار بیش از حد	Pashto: له حده زيات كار كول
Portuguese: excesso de trabalho	Romanian: extenuare	Russian: перегрузка, перенапряжени
Slovak: nával práce, príliš namáh	Slovenian: pretirano delo	Serbian: prevelik rad
Swedish: för mycket arbete, överan	Thai: ทำงานมากไป	Turkish: aşırı çalışma
Taiwanese: 過度工作	Ukrainian: понаднормова праця; перев	Urdu: بہت زيادہ محنت کرنا
Vietnamese: sự làm việc quá sức	Chinese: 过度工作
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