Overrun
verb
To spread over or occupy a place in large numbers quickly.
The garden was overrun with weeds.
Often appears as...
- overrun with pests
- overrun with weeds
verb
To conquer or occupy a place.
Enemy forces overran the country.
Often appears as...
- overrun the area
- overrun the city
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To last longer or use more time than planned.
The meeting overran by 20 minutes.
Often appears as...
- overrun the schedule
- overrun the deadline
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
noun
The act of spreading uncontrollably or occupying a place in large numbers.
There's an overrun of mice in the warehouse.
Often appears as...
- overrun of pests
- overrun of weeds
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The amount by which something is greater than a planned or expected amount.
There was a cost overrun on the project.
Often appears as...
- cost overrun
- time overrun
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
verb
To spread over or occupy a place in large numbers quickly.
The garden was overrun with weeds.
Often appears as...
- overrun with pests
- overrun with weeds
verb
To conquer or occupy a place.
Enemy forces overran the country.
Often appears as...
- overrun the area
- overrun the city
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To last longer or use more time than planned.
The meeting overran by 20 minutes.
Often appears as...
- overrun the schedule
- overrun the deadline
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
noun
The act of spreading uncontrollably or occupying a place in large numbers.
There's an overrun of mice in the warehouse.
Often appears as...
- overrun of pests
- overrun of weeds
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The amount by which something is greater than a planned or expected amount.
There was a cost overrun on the project.
Often appears as...
- cost overrun
- time overrun
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Rapid Expansion
Use 'overrun' to describe a quick and often unwelcome spread of something.
After the storm, the town was overrun by ants.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
'Overrun' implies a negative impact of being overwhelmed by something.
The holiday resort is overrun with tourists during peak season.
Pro Tip 1/2Rapid Expansion
Use 'overrun' to describe a quick and often unwelcome spread of something.
After the storm, the town was overrun by ants.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
'Overrun' implies a negative impact of being overwhelmed by something.
The holiday resort is overrun with tourists during peak season.
Pro Tip 1/2Rapid Expansion
Use 'overrun' to describe a quick and often unwelcome spread of something.
After the storm, the town was overrun by ants.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
'Overrun' implies a negative impact of being overwhelmed by something.
The holiday resort is overrun with tourists during peak season.
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Video examples
Why do we dream? - Amy...
your neocortex reviews these neural connections and dumps the unnecessary ones. Without this unlearning process, which results in your dreams, your brain could be overrun by useless connections and parasitic thoughts could disrupt the necessary thinking you need to do while you're awake.
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Bob Thurman: We can be...
then that puts us in an impossible situation, doesn't it? Who is it who's going to get enough attention from the world? Who's going to get enough out of the world? Who's not going to be overrun by an infinite number of other beings -- if you're different from all the other beings?
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The dark side of...
some are about opportunity and there are companies out there that are more than willing to jump on the bandwagon and ride that hurricane or ride that disaster right into an empty warehouse they've got overruns in warehouse and they jump on the bandwagon and grab
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How to create meaningful...
horrible stories coming out of some of the hospitals that are in danger of getting overrun huge efforts being made there but and of course many other parts of the world we've we've we've heard some of the darker boys that are out there so it's you know
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Returning to Fukushima PIPE...
MARIANA VAN After years of abandonment, towns in the area have been overrun by wild boars. They're ravaging homes, and everything in their path. FUKUO MARIANA VAN The boars are not on the aggressive and known to attack, they're radioactive.
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The new urgency of...
and when I was a young congressman, I was a booster. I was very enthusiastic about it. But the cost overruns and the problems in building these plants have become so severe that utilities just don't have an appetite for them.
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Can you solve the...
before they break free and overrun the world. Your calculations have given you a 46-digit number for the count of rabbits in the bottom cell– plenty of room to spare. But just as you pull the lever to start the experiment,
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This Fungus Turns...
cicadas the spores will infiltrate the cicadas bodies and spread inside the cicadas are soon completely overrun with no known way to fight back the fungus then starts to flood the
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Defending the ant nest...
The tunnel guards are in danger of being overrun. Deep in the bowels of the nest lives the termite queen. If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected,
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Periodical Cicadas...
After an absence of 17 years, the forest is now overrun by cicadas.
Video examples
Why do we dream? - Amy...
your neocortex reviews these neural connections and dumps the unnecessary ones. Without this unlearning process, which results in your dreams, your brain could be overrun by useless connections and parasitic thoughts could disrupt the necessary thinking you need to do while you're awake.
Video examples
Bob Thurman: We can be...
then that puts us in an impossible situation, doesn't it? Who is it who's going to get enough attention from the world? Who's going to get enough out of the world? Who's not going to be overrun by an infinite number of other beings -- if you're different from all the other beings?
Video examples
The dark side of...
some are about opportunity and there are companies out there that are more than willing to jump on the bandwagon and ride that hurricane or ride that disaster right into an empty warehouse they've got overruns in warehouse and they jump on the bandwagon and grab
Video examples
How to create meaningful...
horrible stories coming out of some of the hospitals that are in danger of getting overrun huge efforts being made there but and of course many other parts of the world we've we've we've heard some of the darker boys that are out there so it's you know
Video examples
Returning to Fukushima PIPE...
MARIANA VAN After years of abandonment, towns in the area have been overrun by wild boars. They're ravaging homes, and everything in their path. FUKUO MARIANA VAN The boars are not on the aggressive and known to attack, they're radioactive.
Video examples
The new urgency of...
and when I was a young congressman, I was a booster. I was very enthusiastic about it. But the cost overruns and the problems in building these plants have become so severe that utilities just don't have an appetite for them.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
before they break free and overrun the world. Your calculations have given you a 46-digit number for the count of rabbits in the bottom cell– plenty of room to spare. But just as you pull the lever to start the experiment,
Video examples
This Fungus Turns...
cicadas the spores will infiltrate the cicadas bodies and spread inside the cicadas are soon completely overrun with no known way to fight back the fungus then starts to flood the
Video examples
Defending the ant nest...
The tunnel guards are in danger of being overrun. Deep in the bowels of the nest lives the termite queen. If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected,
Video examples
Periodical Cicadas...
After an absence of 17 years, the forest is now overrun by cicadas.
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Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality of execution than commercial schemes - conditions typical of buildings for cultural institutions. Budgets are exceeded for many reasons, not all of them within an architect's control.
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Alan Stern
American Scientist
As a scientist in charge of space sensors and entire space missions before I was at NASA, I myself was involved in projects that overran. But that's no excuse for remaining silent about this growing problem or failing to champion reform.
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Rob Manuel
Businessman
For me, it's great to see 'Gateways' finally make it to the console. Think of it as 'Portal' meets 'Castlevania' as you try to put together your gateway gun before your lab becomes overrun with nasty enemies.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.
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Alice Walker
American Author
Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.
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Bill Maher
American Comedian
We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.
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Sitting Bull
Statesman
This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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Santiago Calatrava
Spanish Architect
The Freedom Tower has a cost overrun. A significant cost overrun.
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Kris Kobach
American Politician
Our borders are being overrun.
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Martin Filler
American Critic
Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality of execution than commercial schemes - conditions typical of buildings for cultural institutions. Budgets are exceeded for many reasons, not all of them within an architect's control.
Quote examples
Alan Stern
American Scientist
As a scientist in charge of space sensors and entire space missions before I was at NASA, I myself was involved in projects that overran. But that's no excuse for remaining silent about this growing problem or failing to champion reform.
Quote examples
Rob Manuel
Businessman
For me, it's great to see 'Gateways' finally make it to the console. Think of it as 'Portal' meets 'Castlevania' as you try to put together your gateway gun before your lab becomes overrun with nasty enemies.
Quote examples
Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.
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Bill Maher
American Comedian
We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.
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Sitting Bull
Statesman
This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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Santiago Calatrava
Spanish Architect
The Freedom Tower has a cost overrun. A significant cost overrun.
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Kris Kobach
American Politician
Our borders are being overrun.
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