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Editorial note

This is, personally, exactly why I never post on stack overflow.

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Quick take

a large flow

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of overflow gathered in one view.

noun

a large flow

noun

the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

verb

flow or run over (a limit or brim)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for overflow.

noun

the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

See also: runoff, overspill

verb

flow or run over (a limit or brim)

See also: overrun

verb

overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"

Example sentences

1

This is, personally, exactly why I never post on stack overflow.

2

I don't see the stack overflow model as being a great fit for what facebook api developers need.

3

Many of the world's best engineers don't have a Github / OSS contributions / Stack overflow / etc.

4

For example, rounding modes and overflow behavior are not addressed.

5

It got stuck at a roughly 1-in-a-million failure rate by a long time, until I figured out that it was crashing because of a stack overflow in the testing code, which would recursively sanity-check the produced DOM.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use overflow in a sentence?

This is, personally, exactly why I never post on stack overflow.

What does overflow mean?

a large flow

What part of speech is overflow?

overflow is commonly used as noun, verb.