When a coaster train goes past the station without stopping completely Most likely to happen on an older coaster with manual brakes Not a dangerous situation, and gets you another ride without lining up again
To print a larger quantity of books than ordered Printers estimate a 10 percent spoilage If this does not occur, the additional books are charged to the customer but only up to 10 percent
A graded and compacted portion of the clear zone, located at the extension of each end of the runway, to minimize risk of accident to aircraft due to overrun on takeoff or undershooting on landing Its length is normally equal to that of the clear zone and its width is equal to that of the runway and shoulders
If costs overrun, they are higher than was planned or expected. We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance new weapons whose costs always overrun hugely Costs overran the budget by about 30%. Overrun is also a noun. He was stunned to discover cost overruns of at least $1 billion. an amount of time or money that is larger than was planned or intended
To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass
in printing, copies printed in excess of the specified quantity A 10% quantity factor is applied to the printing industry which defines an acceptable finish quantity
If an army or an armed force overruns a place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly. A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the northern suburbs
If an event or meeting overruns by, for example, ten minutes, it continues for ten minutes longer than it was intended to. Tuesday's lunch overran by three-quarters of an hour The talks overran their allotted time
(often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
If you say that a place is overrun with things that you consider undesirable, you mean that there are a large number of them there. The Hotel has been ordered to close because it is overrun by mice and rats Padua and Vicenza are prosperous, well-preserved cities, not overrun by tourists
Additional numbers of a print vehicle that are produced in excess of those needed for distribution Overruns may take place to meet unexpected needs or demands
An attack in overwhelming strength made by units in travel formation rather than deployed for combat For instance, a platoon of tanks might be capable of overruning infantry manning a roadblock
to run beyond a base Runners can and should overrun first base but can be tagged out if they overrun second or third base A player that overruns first base then turns toward the field of play cannot be tagged out unless the umpire judges that the player has made a clear move to go onto to second base
Producing more paper or output than ordered Many organizations have a standard on what is considered an acceptable amount of underrun or overrun See underrun