overrun

Overrun is defined as to overwhelmed by, or to extend beyond what is expected, or to move beyond.

(verb)

When a place is completely overcrowded by kids, this is an example of when kids overrun the place.
When you are supposed to run to the finish line but you run too far, this is an example of when you overrun.
When your budget is $100 and you spend $150, this is an example of when you overrun your budget.

The definition of an overrun is something that has gone beyond what is expected, or the amount by which something is exceeded.

(noun)

The amount that you are over your budget is an example of your cost overrun.

See overrun in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to run or spread out over so as to cover
to infest or swarm over, as vermin, or rove over and ravage, as an invading army
to invade, defeat, or conquer by a rapid, broad advance
to spread swiftly throughout, as ideas, a fad, etc.
to run or extend beyond (certain limits): to overrun second base
Archaic to outrun
Printing
1. to rearrange (type matter) by shifting from one line to another
2. to print more copies of (a given work) than ordered

intransitive verb

noun

See overrun in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb o·ver·ran (-rănˈ), o·ver·run, o·ver·run·ning, o·ver·runs

verb, transitive

a. To seize the positions of and defeat conclusively: The position of the forward infantry was overrun by large numbers of enemy troops at dawn.
b. To spread or swarm over destructively: Locusts overran the prairie.
To spread swiftly throughout: The new fashion overran the country.
To overflow: The river overran its banks.
a. To run beyond or past; overshoot: The plane overran the end of the runway.
b. To run or extend beyond (a limit); exceed: Your speech has overrun the time limit.
Printing
a. To rearrange or move (set type or pictures) from one column, line, or page to another.
b. To set too much type for.
c. To print (a job order) in a quantity larger than that ordered.

verb, intransitive

noun (ōˈvər-rŭnˌ)

An act of overrunning.
The amount by which something overruns.
a. The exceeding of estimated costs for product development and manufacture covered by contract.
b. The amount by which actual costs exceed estimates.
Printing A run over and above the quantity ordered by a customer.

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