over
Meanings
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
- To go over, or jump over.
- To run about.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér, related to *upó.
Akin to Scots ower, West Frisian oer, Dutch over, Low German over, över, German ober, über, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Albanian upri (“group of peasants”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári).
Doublet of uber, super, and hyper.
Synonyms
all over, complete, concluded, ended, o'er, on, terminated
Scrabble Score: 7
over is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordover is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
over is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary