overrun

envahir, infester

Se répandre en grand nombre dans un lieu ou le remplir, souvent en causant des problèmes.

En anglais simple : To spread through or fill a place in large numbers, often causing problems.

• Weeds overrun the garden every summer.
• Rats had overrun the empty building.
• The town is overrun with visitors during the festival.

Comment l'utiliser : be overrun with something (The garden was overrun with weeds.); be overrun by someone/something (The village was overrun by tourists.)

Synonymes : infest, swarm over, invade

Expressions courantes : overrun a garden, overrun a city, overrun with something

dépasser

Dépasser la durée ou la somme d’argent prévue d’un commun accord.

En anglais simple : To go beyond an agreed amount of time or money.

• The project may overrun its budget.
• Building costs overran the original estimate.
• The work has overrun the agreed schedule.

Comment l'utiliser : overrun by an amount (The project overran by two million pounds.)

Synonymes : exceed, go beyond

Expressions courantes : overrun a budget, overrun the schedule, overrun by something, meeting may overrun

dépasser

Avancer ou s’étendre au-delà d’un bord, d’un support ou d’une autre limite physique.

En anglais simple : To move or reach beyond an edge, support, or other physical limit.

• The sliding part can overrun its bearing.
• The shaft overran its support during the test.
• A safety stop prevents the carriage from overrunning the track.

Synonymes : extend beyond, go beyond

Expressions courantes : overrun a bearing, overrun the edge

dépassement

Dépassement d’une limite prévue, notamment de durée ou de coût, ou quantité qui excède cette limite.

En anglais simple : An amount or instance of going beyond a planned limit, especially in time or cost.

• The project had a cost overrun.
• We need to explain the budget overrun.
• Repeated time overruns delayed the opening of the railway.

Synonymes : excess

Expressions courantes : cost overrun, budget overrun, time overrun

zone de sécurité

Zone plate et dégagée après l’extrémité d’une piste, permettant à un avion allé trop loin de s’arrêter.

En anglais simple : A clear, flat area past a runway’s end where a plane can stop if it goes too far.

• The plane stopped in the overrun.
• Workers cleared stones from the grass overrun.
• The runway has a wide overrun beyond its eastern end.

Synonymes : overrun area

Expressions courantes : runway overrun, grass overrun, clear overrun