Meanings
present singular third person overbooks · participle present overbooking · participle past overbooked · past overbooked
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishbook
- Englishoverbook
Translations
French overbooker
- overbookerto sell inexistant seats
Polish sprzedawać za dużo miejsc, sprzedać za dużo miejsc
- sprzedawać za dużo miejscto sell inexistant seats
- sprzedać za dużo miejscto sell inexistant seats
Portuguese superlotar
- superlotarto sell inexistant seats
Spanish overbuquear, sobrevender
- overbuquearto sell inexistant seats
- sobrevenderto sell inexistant seats
- sobrellenarto sell inexistant seats
Cite this entry
overbook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbook
“overbook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbook.
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