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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time..
He overstayed his welcome.
"[H]e had overstayed his three-score and ten years by something like twenty years. He must have been ninety, if he was a day!"
Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha must suspend his active duties while the court decides whether he has overstayed his legal term in office.
For example, if USCIS approves a change of status or extension of stay for a nonimmigrant, the alien may be authorized to remain in the country beyond his or her original period of admission without qualifying as an overstay.
Use overstay when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overstay means (intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time..
Common synonyms include outstay.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He overstayed his welcome.
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