Meaning of Overflow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The spillage resultant from overflowing.
   countable, uncountable
2. An outlet for escape of excess material.
   countable, uncountable
3. Excess, superabundance
   countable, uncountable
4. The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“High crests of these overflows were: Manhattan, 23.0 feet, 8.0 above bankful, on June 16–17; Wamego, 20.8 feet, 4.8 feet above bankful, on June 17; Topeka, 26.8 feet, 5.8 feet above bankful, on June 17; […]”

“GCN: Do you have an overflow of scripts? JG: I have more than we could ever do, certainly. But there's never an overflow of quality, and quality is really hard to come by, real quality.”

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