overdrive
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given
Types & categories
- activeness hypernym
Related & opposite
- overdrive derivation
Sense 2 verb
drive or work too hard
The teacher is overworking his students
Types & categories
- overwork hypernym
Related & opposite
- overdrive derivation
Sense 3 noun
a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
Types & categories
- high gear hypernym
Sense 4 verb
make use of too often or too extensively
Types & categories
- use hypernym
Related & opposite
- overexploitation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overdrive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activeness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overdrive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | overwork |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | high gear |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | overexploitation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | use |