different between excessive vs overdose

English

Etymology

From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s?s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)

1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Antonyms

• insufficient
• deficient

Derived terms

• excessive number

Related terms

• exceed
• excess

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?.siv/

Adjective

excessive

1. feminine singular of excessif

Interlingua

Adjective

excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)

1. excessive

Related terms

• excesso

Latin

Adjective

excess?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of excess?vus

English

Etymology 1

From over- +? dose.

Noun

overdose (plural overdoses)

1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

Translations

Etymology 2

From over- +? dose.

Verb

overdose (third-person singular simple present overdoses, present participle overdosing, simple past and past participle overdosed)

1. (transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.
2. (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose.

   Be careful not to overdose on those pills.

   She overdosed on cocaine.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) To indulge in something excessively.

Derived terms

• OD
• overdoser

Related terms

• overdosage

Translations

Anagrams

• does over, overdoes

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.v??.doz/

Noun

overdose f (plural overdoses)

1. (medicine) overdose

   Synonym: surdose

Further reading

• “overdose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

overdose f (invariable)

1. (medicine) overdose

Anagrams

• doverose

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdoser, definite plural overdosene)

1. an overdose

References

• “overdose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdosar, definite plural overdosane)

1. an overdose

References

• “overdose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?zi, -?z?

Noun

overdose f (plural overdoses)

1. overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)

   Synonyms: superdose, sobredose

Verb

overdose

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of overdosar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of overdosar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of overdosar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of overdosar