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The words you cited are all forms of the verb “be”, which is also known as a copula or linking verb. The term auxiliary verb applies to verbs, such as forms of be, have, and do, that conjoin with another verb to add syntactic or semantic information, such as grammatical aspects like the progressive aspect or perfective aspect:
Grammar > Verbs > Table of irregular verbs. from English Grammar Today. Note that be has several irregular forms: Present: ( I) am, ( she, he, it) is, ( you, we, they) are. Past: ( I, she, he, it) was, ( you, we, they) were. -ed form: been. base form.
overdue. adjective. us / ˌoʊ.vɚˈduː / uk / ˌəʊ.vəˈdʒuː /. Add to word list. 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.
There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective overdue. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
- Simple Present. Present. P: He speaks. N: He does not speak. Q: Does he speak? repeated/regular action in the present. general validity. actions happening one after the other.
- Present Progressive. Present Continuous. P: He is speaking. N: He is not speaking. Q: Is he speaking? action currently taking place. action limited to a particular timeframe.
- Simple Past. Preterite. P: He spoke. N: He did not speak. Q: Did he speak? a single or repeated action in the past. actions happening one after the other in the past.
- Past Progressive. Preterite Continuous. Past Continuous. P: He was speaking. N: He was not speaking. Q: Was he speaking? emphasis on the process of an action taking place in the past.
Anything overdue should’ve happened already, but to overdo something is to do too much of it. A library book or a cable bill is overdue when it’s late. Anything that is long overdue has taken too long to happen, like justice or positive change.
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1. If you say that a change or an event is overdue, you mean that you think it should have happened before now. [...] 2. Overdue sums of money have not been paid, even though it is later than the date on which they should have been paid. [...] 3.
