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      • To help you distinguish these words easily, remember that over do is a verb that deals with do ing something execessively while the term over due is concerned with something that has not been paid or delivered on the specified time or due date.
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  2. if something is overdue, it should have already happened or been done: Changes to the tax system are long overdue . She feels she's overdue for promotion .

  3. not done or happening when expected or when needed; late: My library books are a week overdue. The baby is two weeks overdue (= the baby was expected to be born two weeks ago). Changes to the tax system are long overdue. She feels she's overdue for promotion.

  4. Overdue definition: past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late. See examples of OVERDUE used in a sentence.

  5. Overdue is an adjective, like that overdue library book you keep forgetting to return. Overdo is a verb. Don’t overdo it by causing a scene if someone gets these two words mixed up!

  6. There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective overdue. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  7. Definition of overdue adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Examples from Collins dictionaries. This debate is long overdue. I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother. The average small company is owed almost £12,000 in overdue payments.

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