Dictionary Definition
over adj : having come or been brought to a
conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over,
ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview" [syn:
complete, concluded, ended, over(p), all over,
terminated] n :
(cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in
England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player
from the other team from the same end of the pitch adv
1 at or to a point across intervening space etc.;
"come over and see us some time"; "over there"
2 throughout an area; "he is known the world
over"
3 in such a manner as to be understood and
accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across" [syn: across]
4 throughout a period of time; "stay over the
weekend" [syn: o'er]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
ofer; akin to Dutch over, German über, OHG ubir, ubar, Danish over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), Latin super, Greek ύπερ (ýper), Sanskrit उपरि (upari).Adjective
Translations
ended
through with
to excess
Adverb
over- Again; another time;
once more
- I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
Translations
Antonyms
Noun
- A set of 6 balls bowled
Preposition
over- On top of; above; higher than; further up
- Hold the sign up over your head.
- There is tree over the lawn;.
- Hold the sign up over your head.
- Across or spanning.
- There is a bridge over the river.
- In such a way as to cover
- Drape the fabric over the table
- There is a roof over the house.
- Drape the fabric over the table
- More than; to a greater degree
- I prefer the purple over the pink.
- beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far
- I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.''
Translations
above
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 在之上 (zài...zhīshàng)
- Dutch: over
- Finnish: päällä, yllä, yläpuolella
- French: sur
- German: über
- Hungarian: sütő, tűzhely
- Italian: sopra
- Japanese: 上に (うえに, ue ni)
- Korean: 위에 (wie)
- Kurdish:
- Portuguese: sobre
- Russian: над (nad)
- Slovene: nad
- Spanish: sobre
- Swedish: över
- Yiddish: איבער (iber)
across
more than
- Finnish: enemmän kuin
- Russian: сверх (sverx), более чем (bóleje čem)
Interjection
over- In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive
reply.
- How do you receive? Over!
Translations
end of sentence in radio communication
Related terms
- all over but the shouting
- arse over
tits
- ass over elbows
- ass over teacups
- ass over teakettle
- base over apex
- bend over
- comb-over
- crying over spilt milk
- handover
- hold-over
- hold over one's head
- keel over
- overachieve
- overalls
- overarm
- overcast
- overcoat
- over easy
- overfamiliar
- overhead
- overland
- overly
- over my dead body
- over one's head
- overreach
- overshoot
- overshot
- over the line
- over the top
- over to
- overturn
- picked-over
- pullover
- pull the wool over somebody's eyes
- screwed-over
- turn over a new leaf
- when hell freezes over
Dutch
Pronunciation
Preposition
overDerived terms
Extensive Definition
Over may refer to:
- Over (album), an album by English singer-songwriter Peter Hammill
- "Over" (Fayray single), a single by Japanese singer Fayray
- "Over" (Evans Blue song)
- "Over" (Lindsay Lohan song)
- "Over," a song by A Perfect Circle from their 2000 album Mer de Noms
- "Over" (Portishead song)
- Over (cricket)
- Over (professional wrestling)
or a place in England:
over in Japanese: オーバー
over in Dutch: Over
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
SOL, a cut
above, above, above and
beyond, abovestairs,
across, additionally, afresh, again, ago, ahead, airward, all about, all bets
off, all included, all off, all over, all through, all up, aloft, aloof, also, altogether, among other
things, and all, and also, and so, anew, antiquated, antique, around, as a bonus, as well,
ascendant, at about,
at an end, athwart, au
reste, away, backwards, beside, besides, better, beyond, bis, blown over, bottom side up,
bottom up, by, by way of,
bygone, bypast, canceled, capping, chosen, closed, complete, concluded, contrarily, contrariwise, conversely, da capo, dated, de novo, dead, dead and buried, deceased, decided, defunct, deleted, departed, distinguished, ditto, done, done for, done with, down, durante, during, eclipsing, elapsed, else, eminent, en plus, encore, ended, exceeding, excellent, excelling, excessively, exorbitantly, expired, expunged, exterior, external, extinct, extra, extremely, farther, finer, fini, finished, for, for lagniappe, forgotten, from the beginning,
further, furthermore, gone, gone glimmering, gone-by,
greater, has-been, head
over heels, heels over head, high, high up, higher, highest, hurdle, immensely, immoderately, in addition,
in ascendancy, in excess of, in the air, in the ascendant, in the
clouds, inordinately, intemperately, inter alia,
into the bargain, inversely, irrecoverable, item, kaput, lapsed, leap, left, leftover, likewise, major, marked, more, moreover, negotiate, net, no more, obsolete, odd, of choice, off, on, on high, on stilts, on the peak,
on the side, on tiptoe, on top of, once again, once more, one up
on, onto, outrageously, outside, outstanding, outward, over again, over and
above, overfull,
overhead, overleap, overly, overlying, overmuch, overplus, overweeningly, passe, passed, passed away, passing by,
passing through, past,
pending, perfected, plus, rare, remaining, remanent, rivaling, round, round about, run out, set
at rest, settled,
shot, similarly, skyward, spare, straight up, super, superfluous, superincumbent, superior, supernumerary, surmount, surpassing, surplus, surviving, terminated, then, therewith, through, through with, throughout, tiptoe, to, to boot, to spare, to the zenith,
too, too much, too-too,
topping, topsy-turvy,
transcendent,
transcendental,
transcending,
transversely,
turned around, twice over, two times, unconscionably, unconsumed, unduly, unreasonably, unused, up, upmost, upon, upper, uppermost, upside down,
upstairs, upward, upwards, upwards of, vanished, vault, via, vice versa, washed up, wiped
out, wound up, yet, zapped