overtime

Plural: overtimes

Noun

• work done in addition to regular working hours
• playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
• Working time outside of one's regular hours.
• The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
• An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
• A period of time longer than scheduled.

Adverb

• beyond the regular time
  • "she often has to work overtime"

Adv

• Exceeding regular working hours.
• Beyond the normal or usual extent.

Verb

Verb Forms: overtimed, overtiming, overtimes

• To exceed the allotted or desired time for something.
• To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.

Prep_Phrase

• Misspelling of over time.

Examples

• He often chose to overtime his turns, incurring penalties, just to find the perfect word.
• That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!
• Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.

Synonyms

extra time, OT

Antonyms

regulation time

Related Words

long-hours culture

Anagrams of overtime