overheat
verb (used with object)
to heat to excess.
has overheated
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present perfectof overheat (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In a sign of the toll market volatility is exacting, the stock-exchange operator has postponed the launch of options for four blue-chip stocks amid concerns that the market has overheated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Frank McKenna, a Labour councillor on West Lancashire district council said: "For many years now it's a fact London and the south east has overheated and Liverpool and the north has been left out."
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2015
She has overheated herself in that long walk, and then being caught in that heavy rain has done the mischief.'
From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey
