overheat
pronunciation
How to pronounce overheat in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvəˈhi:t]
How to pronounce overheat in American English:
US [ˌoʊvərˈhit]
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- Verb:
- get excessively and undesirably hot
- make excessively or undesirably hot
Word Origin
- overheat (v.)
- "to make too hot" (transitive), late 14c., from over- + heat (v.). Intransitive sense "to become too hot" is from 1902, originally in reference to motor engines. Related: Overheated; overheating.
Example
- 1. However , some investors fear ems could overheat .
- 2. The spending binge has caused the economy to overheat , pushing up inflation .
- 3. The recoveries in hungary and romania may falter and the polish economy could overheat .
- 4. Only a few weeks ago , the main worry among chinese policymakers was the risk the economy might overheat .
- 5. The core can overheat if part of it has been exposed above the water level for some time .