How to spell overeat

Overeat is spelled O-V-E-R-E-A-T.

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What it means: To take in too much food at one time.

In a sentence: If you overeat, your tummy might hurt.

Same family: eating, ate, eaten, overeating, overeaten. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "overeat" comes from the prefix "over-", meaning "too much" or "excessively", added to the Old English verb "etan", meaning "to eat". English has many similar words with "over-", like "overwork" and "oversleep", that also show doing something too much.

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