over
over - English
Alternative forms
- o'er (adverb, preposition)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/
- (US) enPR: ō'vər, IPA: /ˈoʊ.vɚ/
- Hyphenation: o‧ver
Adjective
over (not comparable)
- Discontinued; ended or concluded.
- The show is over.
- (professional wrestling slang) wrestler or faction that is popular with the audience.
Usage notes
Not normally used attributively (before a noun). (Attributive use occurs rarely in informal language, e.g. "an over relationship".)
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Adverb
over (not comparable)
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
- Let me think that over.
- I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
- (often in compounds) To an excessive degree; overly.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
- That building just fell over!
- He bent over to touch his toes.
- Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
- Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
- I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
- From one side of something to another, passing above it.
- The fence is too high. I don't think I'll be able to get over.
- From one position or state to another.
- Please pass that over to me.
- He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
- Come over and play!
- I'll bring over a pizza.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- We stayed over at Grandma's.
- Can I sleep over?
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
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Noun
over (plural overs)
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Preposition
over
- Expressing spatial relationship.
- On top of; above; higher than; further up.
- Hold the sign up over your head.
- Across or spanning.
- There is a bridge over the river.
- I looked out over the sea.
- In such a way as to cover.
- Drape the fabric over the table.
- There is a roof over the house.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- The dog jumped over the fence.
- I'll go over [the fence] first and then help you.
- Let's walk over the hill to get there.
- On top of; above; higher than; further up.
- Expressing comparison.
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- The owner's son lorded it over the experienced managers.
- The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Two over six equals one over three.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- 9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
- Finished with; done 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.
- We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
- I am over my cold and feel great again.
- I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it [your annoyance with the referee's decision].
- She is finally over [the distress of] losing her job.
- He is finally over his [distress over the loss of the relationship with his] ex-girlfriend.
- While using, especially while consuming.
- Concerning or regarding.
- The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- We triumphed over difficulties.
- The bill was passed over the veto.
- It was a fine victory over their opponents.
Usage notes
When used in the context of "from one location to another", over implies that the two places are at approximately the same height or the height difference is not relevant. For example, if two offices are on the same floor of a building, an office worker might say I'll bring that over for you, while if the offices were on different floors, the sentence would likely be I'll bring that up [down] for you. However, distances are not constrained, e.g. He came over from England last year and now lives in Los Angeles or I moved the stapler over to the other side of my desk.
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Interjection
over
- (procedure word, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.
- Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
- Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
- How do you receive? Over!
- (obsolete, slang) Short for over the left shoulder (“expressing disbelief etc.”).
Coordinate terms
- (radio procedure word): out
Derived terms
- (radio procedure word): over and out
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Verb
over (third-person singular simple present overs, present participle overing, simple past and past participle overed)
- (UK, transitive, dialect, obsolete) To go over, or jump over.
- He overed the fence in good style.
- (UK, intransitive, dialect, obsolete) To run about.
- The cattle have been overing all day because of the flies.
Related terms
- all over but the shouting
- arse over tit
- ass over elbows
- ass over teacups
- ass over teakettle
- base over apex
- bend over
- comb-over
- come over
- crying over spilt milk
- draw a veil over
- flyover
- hand over fist
- handover
- haze over
- hold-over
- hold over one's head
- keel over
- overachieve
- overalls
- overarm
- overboard
- overcast
- overcoat
- over easy
- overfamiliar
- overhead
- Over Kellet
- overland
- overly
- over my dead body
- over one's head
- overreach
- overshoot
- overshot
- over the line
- over the top
- over to
- overturn
- Over Wallop
- picked-over
- popover
- pullover
- pull the wool over somebody's eyes
- screwed-over
- step over
- turn over a new leaf
- when hell freezes over
Noun
over (plural overs)
Usage notes
Now mostly found in place names, as in Westover or Overton, Hampshire (a town built on the River Test). Fell out of use in the 16th century.
Anagrams
over - Chinese
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ou1 faa4
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ou1 faa4
- Yale: ōu fàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ou1 faa4
- Guangdong Romanization: ou1 fa4
- Sinological IPA : /ou̯⁵⁵ faː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
over
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) over the top; extreme; overdone
Verb
over
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to go too far
over - Danish
Preposition
over
Adverb
over
Noun
over c (singular definite overen, plural indefinite overe)
- (informal) The upper curved portion of a roll or a similar food.
- Jeg foretrækker overen.
- I prefer the top slice.
- Jeg foretrækker overen.
Inflection
Antonyms
Derived terms
- overkrydder
Noun
over c (singular definite overen, plural indefinite overe or overs)
Inflection
over - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈoː.vər/
- Hyphenation: over
Adverb
over
- over, above
- (postpositional) over (implying motion)
- Kijk uit, er steekt een hond de straat over.
- Look out, a dog is crossing over the street.
- Kijk uit, er steekt een hond de straat over.
- remaining, left over
- Na het feest was er bijna geen eten meer over.
- After the party there was barely any food remaining.
- Na het feest was er bijna geen eten meer over.
- passing by, going away
- De pijn gaat weer over.
- The pain is going away again.
- De pijn gaat weer over.
- Denotes an imitative action, again, once again
- Ik schrijf je brief over.
- I will transcribe your letter.
- Ik schrijf je brief over.
Antonyms
- (over): onder
Derived terms
nouns
adjectives
verbs
- overblijven
- overdoen
- overgeven
- overkalken
- overknabbelen
- overleven
- overnemen
- overrijden
- overtreden
- overtreffen
- overtuigen
- overwegen
- overwinnen
Related terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: oper
Preposition
over
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Anagrams
over - Latin
Verb
over
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ovō
over - Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔːvər/
Preposition
ōver
- over, above
- Antonym: onder
- across
- towards
- during
- ago, some duration in the past
- after, following (a duration)
- about, concerning
- due to, because of
Descendants
Adverb
ōver
Descendants
over - Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔːvər/, /ˈɔvər/
Preposition
over
Descendants
over - Middle Low German
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ō² or ȫ¹ or ȫ²
- (originally) IPA: /ʊɒvər/, /ʏəvər/, /ʏœvər/
Preposition
ōver or ȫver
- (accusative) across, moving through or over something
- over dat rode mêr - across the Red Sea
- (accusative) across, moving to the other side of something
- (accusative) in, across, describing the spread of something
- over alle lant - all across the lands / in every land
- (dative) across, situated on the other side of
- over deme watere - across the water
- (dative) while, over the duration of
- over deme werke begripen - while working on something
- (dative) over, at, on, on top of, describing where something is situated; does not mean above
- over deme dische - at the table
Usage notes
It is not clear whether the umlaut was connected with semantic differences.
Alternative forms
Antonyms
- (over): under
Adverb
ōver or ȫver
- across, on the other side
- while
- on top of, additionally
- over (finished, ceased)
Usage notes
It is not clear whether the umlaut was connected with semantic differences.
Alternative forms
Antonyms
- (over): under
over - Norwegian Bokmål
Preposition
over
Adverb
over
Derived terms
over - Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈoːʋɛr/, /ˈoːʋər/
Preposition
over
Adverb
over
- over
- across
Derived terms
over - Zazaki
Pronoun
over