overdrive
pronunciation
How to pronounce overdrive in British English:
UK [ˈəʊvədraɪv]
How to pronounce overdrive in American English:
US [ˈoʊvərdraɪv]
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- Noun:
- the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
- a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
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- Verb:
- drive or work too hard
- make use of too often or too extensively
Word Origin
- overdrive (n.)
- "speed-increasing gear in an automobile," 1929, from over- + drive (n.).
Example
- 1. Academic globalisation has gone into overdrive in the modern university .
- 2. There 's my sentimentality going into overdrive .
- 3. This arrangement nudged penguin to end its deal with overdrive earlier this year .
- 4. Publishers were miffed when overdrive teamed up with amazon , the world 's biggest online bookseller , last year .
- 5. This subconscious processing can slip into overdrive .