overstep

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/
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• US: ō'vəstĕpʹ
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• US: /ˌoʊvɚˈstɛp/
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• rhymes with -ɛp
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 S T EH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (“to step over; overstep”). Cognate with Dutch overstappen, German Low German överstappen, German überstapfen, überstepfen. Cf. transgress. By surface analysis, over- + step.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَخَطَّى (taḵaṭṭā) — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Bulgarian: престъпвам (prestǎpvam) — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Bulgarian: прекрачвам (prekračvam) — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Catalan: ultrapassar — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Czech: překračovat — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Czech: překročit — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Danish: overtræde — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Dutch: overschrijden — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• French: outrepasser — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• German: überschreiten — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Hindi: लाँघना (lāṅghnā) — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Hungarian: túllép — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Italian: oltrepassare — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Polish: przekraczać — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Polish: przekroczyć — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Russian: переступа́ть (perestupátʹ) — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Spanish: propasarse con — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Spanish: sobrepasar — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Spanish: pasarse de — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Swedish: överträda — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Ottoman Turkish: آشمق (aşmak) — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Ukrainian: переступа́ти (perestupáty) — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• Ukrainian: переступи́ти (perestupýty) — To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.