over

Plural: overs

Noun

• (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• A set of six legal balls bowled.
• Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
• Something having an excess of a particular property.
• A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
• A shore, riverbank.

Adjective Satellite

• having come or been brought to a conclusion
  • "the affair is over, ended, finished"

Adverb

• at or to a point across intervening space etc.
  • "come over and see us some time"
  • "over there"
• throughout an area
  • "he is known the world over"
• throughout a period of time
  • "stay over the weekend"
• beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
  • "a roof that hangs over"
• over the entire area
  • "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"
  • "she ached all over"
  • "everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot"

Adj

• Finished; ended; concluded.
• Finished; ended; concluded.
• Of a flower: wilting or withering.
• Hopeless; irrecoverable.
• Visiting one's home or other location.
• Having surmounted an obstacle.
• Having an excess in a particular respect.
• Surplus to requirements.
• Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.

Adv

• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• Across from one side of something to the other.
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• So as to pass above.
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• From an upright position to a horizontal one.
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• So as to fold towards or onto itself.
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• On top of something, or so as to cover something.
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
• Describing a physical change of position or state.
• So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
• Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
• Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
• Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
• To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
• Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
• To a future time.
• Overnight (throughout the night).
• Indicating repetition.
• Again; another time; once more; over again.
• Indicating repetition.
• Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
• See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.

Prep

• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• Above; higher than; further up than.
• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• Across, from one side to the other.
• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• Across, so as to pass above.
• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• Through or around all the parts of.
• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• On the other side of.
• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• Across (something) and then downwards.
• Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
• On top of; in such a way as to cover.
• Expressing comparison.
• More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
• Expressing comparison.
• To a greater degree than.
• Expressing comparison.
• As compared to.
• During or throughout (a time period).
• Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
• Indicating relative status, authority, or power
• In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
• While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
• Concerning or regarding.
• Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
• Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
• Divided by.
• Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
• Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note

Intj

• A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.
• Instructs the reader to turn the page and continue reading the other side.
• Ellipsis of over the left shoulder (“expressing disbelief etc.”).

Verb

Verb Forms: overed, overing, overs

• To leap above and to the other side of.
• To go over, or jump over.
• To run about.

Examples

• "Come over to my house and play!" — "Sure, I'll bring over a pizza."
• (figuratively) A strange feeling came over me.
• (figuratively) We went over the figures together.
• A stern voice boomed over the loudspeaker.
• Bend the end of that wire over to make a hook.
• Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
• Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
• Can I sleep over?
• Carry the shortfall over and we'll make it up tomorrow.
• Drape the fabric over the table.
• He bent over to touch his toes.
• He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
• He fell asleep over the crossword puzle.
• He is finally over his [distress over the loss of the relationship with his] ex-girlfriend.
• He is over a hundred years old.
• He lives over the road from me.
• He overed the fence in good style.
• He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
• He was fired over that.
• He's driven over from Bristol.
• He's got grumpier over the years.
• Hold the sign up over your head.
• How do you receive? Over!
• I am over my cold and feel great again.
• I can't hear you over the noise of that road drill.
• I can't sleep on my back. I have to roll over onto my side.
• I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it [your annoyance with the referee's decision].
• I looked out over the sea.
• I looked up just as a helicopter flew over.
• I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
• I made 20 cakes, but I only need 18, so there are two over.
• I need to cross the river. Can you take me over in your boat?
• I prefer the purple over the pink.
• I said the magic word three times over, and the secret door slid open.
• I signed the property over to him.
• I slid over to make room for him to sit down.
• I switched over to Channel 9.
• I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
• I tripped over a tree root.
• I went fishing but caught mostly overs.
• I'll have to work over the weekend.
• I'll see you over at the club.
• I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
• I'm not over bothered about going to the party.
• If you're over tentative then you'll get nowhere.
• In the future, when space travel is affordable to everyone, we'll be able to pop over to the Moon for a weekend.
• In today's golf tournament we recorded three unders and twenty overs.
• It was a fine victory over their opponents.
• It's over a hundred degrees outside.
• It's starting to cloud over.
• Jones hit four boundaries in the first over.
• Let me think that over.
• Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
• Let's walk over the hill to get there.
• Look over there!
• My sister's over for the week.
• Paint it over with a darker colour.
• Please pass the chocolates over to me.
• Put the card face down, and don't turn it over until I say so.
• Sales are down this quarter over last.
• She is finally over [the distress of] losing her job.
• Swap those cables over. The red one should be in the left socket.
• That building just fell over!
• That vase isn't exactly central. Could you move it over a couple of inches?
• The bill was passed over the veto.
• The boiling milk bubbled over onto the cooker top.
• The car drove straight over the edge of the cliff.
• The car rolled to the edge of the cliff and went straight over.
• The cattle have been overing all day because of the flies.
• The dog jumped over the fence.
• The estate agent showed me over the property.
• The fence is too high. I don't think I'll be able to get over.
• The guide took us over the border.
• The horse struggled at that fence, but it's over.
• The lava bubbled up and over the rim of the crater.
• The leaves have curled over.
• The message came over FM radio.
• The mountain towered over the village.
• The next town is over that hill.
• The owner's son lorded it over the experienced managers.
• The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
• The sea's over.
• The show isn't over until the fat lady sings.
• The show ran ten minutes over.
• The strawberries are over now. I picked the last few yesterday.
• The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
• The vulture flew over the desert.
• The ’J’ tile seemed to OVER the triple-letter square, landing just shy of a bonus.
• There is a roof over the house.
• There was a big fire over the other side of town.
• This advertisement doesn't clearly get the idea over.
• This steak is well over. (overcooked)
• Two over six equals one over three.
• We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
• We had a chat over dinner.
• We had some complaints about short weight, so now we make sure that all our bags of potatoes are a bit over. (overweight)
• We missed the last bus home so we stayed over.
• We tried to stick to budget, but in the end we went twenty dollars over.
• We triumphed over difficulties.
• We went over the cathedral and then had lunch in the cafe.
• We're keeping our marriage going for the sake of the kids, but really it's over.

Synonyms

all over, complete, concluded, ended, o'er, terminated, on

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