overbook
gb/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊk/ us/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊk/
B2
Anh
Các nghĩa
0 nghĩa
Động từ
business
B2
action
1
take more reservations than capacity
to take more bookings than you have space for
Mẫu sử dụng:
overbook [a flight/room/event] | overbook [seats/rooms]
Lỗi thường gặp:
Do not confuse with double-book, which means scheduling two appointments for the same time.
Từ đồng nghĩa
oversell (Common in business; emphasizes selling more than you can supply.)
Từ trái nghĩa
limit bookings (Opposite approach: keep reservations within capacity.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
overbook a flight
|overbook the plane
|overbook seats
|overbook a hotel
|overbook rooms
|overbook a train
|deliberately overbook
|slightly overbook
|overbook by ten seats
|be overbooked
Chủ đề
travel
|business
|hospitality
|customer_service
Ví dụ
- The airline overbooked the flight, so several passengers were offered vouchers to take a later one.
- The hotel admitted it had overbooked rooms for the weekend and moved us to a nearby property.
- They overbook slightly because a few customers usually cancel at the last minute.
Ví dụ cho người học
- The airline overbooked the flight.
- The hotel overbooked the rooms.
Động từ
B2
action
2
schedule too many things
to plan too many things in your time
Mẫu sử dụng:
overbook [yourself/your day/your schedule] | overbook [appointments]
Lỗi thường gặp:
Overbook is about having too many scheduled items; it does not necessarily mean two things at the exact same time (double-book).
Từ đồng nghĩa
overschedule (More general; emphasizes planning too many activities.)
|
overcommit (Focuses on agreeing to too many obligations, not just scheduling.)
Từ trái nghĩa
leave time free (To avoid filling the schedule completely.)
|
underschedule (To plan fewer things than the available time allows.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
overbook your schedule
|overbook yourself
|overbook your day
|overbook the calendar
|overbook appointments
|overbook meetings
|overbook the afternoon
|overbook the week
|heavily overbooked
|chronically overbooked
Chủ đề
daily_life
|work
|time_management
Ví dụ
- I overbooked my morning and ended up running late to every meeting.
- She tends to overbook herself when deadlines pile up.
- Don’t overbook the first day of the trip—you’ll want time to rest.
Ví dụ cho người học
- I overbooked my day.
- He overbooks himself every week.
Động từ
business
C1
action
3
book too many acts or guests
to book too many people for an event
Mẫu sử dụng:
overbook [a venue/show/event] | overbook [the lineup]
Từ đồng nghĩa
overprogram (Often used for events; emphasizes too much content in the schedule.)
Từ trái nghĩa
keep the lineup light (To book fewer people so the schedule has room.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
overbook the lineup
|overbook the venue
|overbook a show
|overbook the program
|overbook the schedule
|overbook the stage
|overbook the conference agenda
Chủ đề
arts
|events
|business
Ví dụ
- The organizer overbooked the conference and several speakers were cut at the last minute.
- They overbooked the show, so each band only got a 20-minute set.
- The club overbooked the night and the headliner didn’t go on until after midnight.
Ví dụ cho người học
- They overbooked the show.
Ngữ pháp
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overbook
IPA
GB/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊk/
US/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊk/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
over - book (2 âm tiết)
Stress on 1st syllable (over)
Các dạng từ
Verb
- Base: overbook
- 3rd Person Singular: overbooks
- Present Participle: overbooking
- Past: overbooked
Họ từ
Forms
overbooks
verb
overbooking
verb
overbooked
verb
Related words
book
verb A1
booking
noun
Negative and opposite forms
underbook
verb
Cách diễn đạt
overbooked flight
1/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊkt flˈaɪt/
fixed phrase
flight with too many bookings
a flight with more passengers booked than seats
Ví dụ
- Because it was an overbooked flight, the gate agent asked for volunteers to take a later departure.
- We got bumped off an overbooked flight and arrived the next day.
- They warned us that the evening flight was likely to be an overbooked flight.
overbooked hotel
1/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊkt hoʊtˈɛl/
fixed phrase
hotel with no available rooms
a hotel that took too many reservations
Ví dụ
- We arrived late and found out it was an overbooked hotel, so they moved us to another place.
- The receptionist apologized and explained that it was an overbooked hotel night because of the festival.
- Avoid this overbooked hotel during holiday weekends.
overbooked schedule
1/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊkt skˈɛd͡ʒul/
fixed phrase
too many things planned
a schedule with too many plans
Ví dụ
- With an overbooked schedule, she barely had time to eat lunch.
- I need to cancel something—my schedule is overbooked this week.
- An overbooked schedule makes it hard to deal with surprises.