Definition of Overgang

1. Verb. (transitive dialectal or obsolete) To go beyond; transgress or trespass against. ¹

2. Verb. (context: UK dialectal or obsolete) To overrun; overspread; outstrip; outrun. ¹

3. Verb. (context: UK dialectal) (context: of time) To pass; elapse. ¹

4. Verb. (context: UK dialectal) To exceed; surpass; excel. ¹

5. Verb. (context: UK dialectal) To overdose (with medicine); get the better of; master; overpower; oppress; treat with indignity. ¹

6. Verb. (context: UK dialectal) To oversee; superintend. ¹

7. Noun. (obsolete) A right of way. ¹

8. Noun. A going over or across. ¹

9. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) Oppression. ¹

10. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) Superintendence. ¹

11. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) An overseer; superintendent; a director of a band of workmen. ¹

12. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) A coat of paint or plaster; a washing, scouring, or whitewashing. ¹

13. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) A harrowing, raking, or scraping. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overgang

1. to dominate [v -ING, -S] - See also: dominate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgang

overfulfil
overfulfill
overfulfilled
overfulfilling
overfulfills
overfull
overfullness
overfund
overfunded
overfunding
overfunds
overfurnished
overfussy
overgall
overgalls
overgangs
overgarment
overgarments
overgarrisoned
overgave
overgaze
overgazed
overgazes
overgazing
overgeneralise
overgeneralization
overgeneralizations
overgeneralize
overgeneralized

Literary usage of Overgang

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Verslagen en Mededeelingen by Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde (1889)
"En had nu <j/ in A'k het tegengestelde teeken, dan zou de overgang van <f in A/f tot tf' in A't door nul heen hebben moeten plaats vinden, omdat de overgang ..."

2. Dubbeltoren Waternet by Piet Vollaard (2006)
"In het gebouw voor Sociale Zaken in Den Haag (1979- 1990) is deze overgang zichtbaar. In latere kantoren, zoals de kantoren op het Céramique-terrein in ..."

3. Kliniek: Tijdschrift Voor Wetenschappelijke Geneeskunde (1844)
"... febris catarrhalis gastri- ca, spoedige overgang in typhus met opvolgende bronchitis en pneumonia circumscripta, crisis door hel darmkanaal en de huid, ..."

4. Gouvernementsblad Van Suriname by Suriname (1856)
"3. lift Regt \an overgang is eene ... Het Regt van overgang wordt ... zoodanig dat van de Goederen, waar*&Q bet I;--, van overgang is ..."

5. Udviklingslaere by Oscar Hansen (1902)
"I en Afhandling for 1857 og i første Udgave af sin Bog „First Principles" (1862) fremstiller han den nævnte overgang som den egentlige ..."

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