Overhaul - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈəʊvərhɔːl|
Brit.
|ˈəʊvəhɔːl|
noun
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine (syn: service)
it was time for an overhaul on the tractor
- the act of improving by renewing and restoring (syn: redevelopment, renovation)a major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed
verb
- travel past (syn: overtake, pass)
- make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to (syn: modernize)
- make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to (syn: modernize)
You should overhaul your car engine
overhaul the health care system
overhaul the health care system
Extra examples
The mechanic overhauled the car's engine.
They had to overhaul their original plans.
Lawmakers are overhauling the welfare program.
Our car needs a major overhaul.
A mechanic is coming to overhaul the engine.
All the community's decision-making institutions need to be overhauled.
The car needs a complete overhaul.
You should overhaul your car engine
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: overhaul
he/she/it: overhauls
present participle: overhauling
past tense: overhauled
past participle: overhauled
I/you/we/they: overhaul
he/she/it: overhauls
present participle: overhauling
past tense: overhauled
past participle: overhauled
noun
singular: overhaul
plural: overhauls
singular: overhaul
plural: overhauls
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