oversleep

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English sleep English oversleep From over- + sleep.

1. To sleep for longer than intended.

   “I overslept and was late for school.”

2. To sleep for longer than one intended.

   “After such a train of fatigue and restless nights, I had unhappily overslept myself […].”

   “Theodore made awkward excuses, and attributed his delay to having overslept himself.”

3. To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).

   “to oversleep one's usual hour of rising”