over

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) over the top; extreme; overdone

/ou̯⁵⁵ faː²¹/

/ou̯⁵⁵ faː²¹/

From English over. Compare Japanese オーバー (ōbā).


over

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) to go too far; to exceed; to go overboard

(Taiwanese Mandarin) to game over; to fail

/ou̯⁵⁵ faː²¹/

/ou̯⁵⁵ faː²¹/


over

Skyer hænger over byen.

Klokken er fjorten minutter over sytten.


over

Han kom over grænsen.

Vil du skære bollen over?


over

Jeg foretrækker overen.

(informal) The upper curved portion of a roll or a similar food.

head

over c (singular definite overen, plural indefinite overe)

overen (definite singular)
overe (indefinite plural)
over (indefinite nominative singular)
overen (definite nominative singular)
overe (indefinite nominative plural)
overne (definite nominative plural)
overs (genitive indefinite singular)
overens (definite genitive singular)
overes (genitive indefinite plural)
overnes (definite genitive plural)


over

(cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled, an over.

over c (singular definite overen, plural indefinite overe or overs)

overen (definite singular)
overe (indefinite plural)
overs (indefinite plural)
over (indefinite nominative singular)
overen (definite nominative singular)
overe (indefinite nominative plural)
overs (indefinite nominative plural)
overne (definite nominative plural)
overs (genitive indefinite singular)
overens (definite genitive singular)
overes (genitive indefinite plural)
overs' (genitive indefinite plural)
overnes (definite genitive plural)


over

Kijk uit, er steekt een hond de straat over.

Look out, a dog is crossing over the street.

Na het feest was er bijna geen eten meer over.

After the party there was barely any food remaining.

De pijn gaat weer over.

Ik schrijf je brief over.

denotes an imitative action; again, once again

→ Indonesian: oper

From Middle Dutch ōver, from Old Dutch *ovar, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, from *upo. Compare German ober, English over.


over

over (prepositional)
over (adverb postpositional)
erover
hierover
daarover
waarover
ergens over
nergens over
overal over

Afrikaans: oor

Berbice Creole Dutch: ofru

Javindo: ofer

Jersey Dutch: ôver

Negerhollands: over, aobu, obu, ovoor

Skepi Creole Dutch: over, ofer

→ Caribbean Javanese: oper, ngoper

→ Papiamentu: ofer, over


over

(procedure word, military) over (a radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.)


over

The show isn't over until the fat lady sings.

The strawberries are over now. I picked the last few yesterday.

(botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.

Finished; ended; concluded.
Of a flower: wilting or withering.

We're keeping our marriage going for the sake of the kids, but really it's over.

(informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.

My sister's over for the week.

(informal) Visiting one's home or other location.

The horse struggled at that fence, but it's over.

This steak is well over. (overcooked)

We had some complaints about short weight, so now we make sure that all our bags of potatoes are a bit over. (overweight)

(informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.

I made 20 cakes, but I only need 18, so there are two over.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér, a comparative form of *upo.
Akin to Dutch over, 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.


over

That vase isn't exactly central. Could you move it over a couple of inches?

I slid over to make room for him to sit down.

Please pass the chocolates over to me.

"Come over to my house and play!" — "Sure, I'll bring over a pizza."

He's driven over from Bristol.

In the future, when space travel is affordable to everyone, we'll be able to pop over to the Moon for a weekend.

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".

I need to cross the river. Can you take me over in your boat?

Across from one side of something to the other.

I looked up just as a helicopter flew over.

The fence is too high. I don't think I'll be able to get over.

The boiling milk bubbled over onto the cooker top.

Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.

The car rolled to the edge of the cliff and went straight over.

Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.

He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.

That building just fell over!

From an upright position to a horizontal one.

Bend the end of that wire over to make a hook.

He bent over to touch his toes.

The leaves have curled over.

Paint it over with a darker colour.

It's starting to cloud over.

On top of something, or so as to cover something.

Put the card face down, and don't turn it over until I say so.

I can't sleep on my back. I have to roll over onto my side.

So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.

Swap those cables over. The red one should be in the left socket.

So as to reverse or exchange position(s).

He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.

I switched over to Channel 9.

I signed the property over to him.

This advertisement doesn't clearly get the idea over.

Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.

I'll see you over at the club.

Look over there!

Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.

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.

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]

1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:

Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.

I'm not over bothered about going to the party.

If you're over tentative then you'll get nowhere.

She seemed a placid creature altogether - eminently respectable - perhaps not over intelligent.

1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 12, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 158:

(often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.

The show ran ten minutes over.

We tried to stick to budget, but in the end we went twenty dollars over.

Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.

Carry the shortfall over and we'll make it up tomorrow.

We missed the last bus home so we stayed over.

Can I sleep over?

I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.

(US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.

I said the magic word three times over, and the secret door slid open.

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.

all over the place like a mad woman's custard

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog


over

Jones hit four boundaries in the first over.

In an emotional and electric atmosphere at Lord's, both sides scored 241 in their 50 overs and were level on 15 when they batted for an extra over apiece.

2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:

(cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.

[…] standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.

2008, G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, The Principles and Practice of Auditing, page 609:

Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.

I went fishing but caught mostly overs. (oversized fish)

In today's golf tournament we recorded three unders and twenty overs. (golf rounds over par)

(informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.

(gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.


over

Hold the sign up over your head.

The mountain towered over the village.

Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning.

1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:

The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.

2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:

Expressing spatial relationship or movement.

The guide took us over the border.

The vulture flew over the desert.

I looked out over the sea.

If I saw the wild geese fly over the dark lakes of Kerry...

1918, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Sick I Am and Sorrowful:

The estate agent showed me over the property.

We went over the cathedral and then had lunch in the cafe.

(figuratively) We went over the figures together.

He lives over the road from me.

The next town is over that hill.

There was a big fire over the other side of town.

My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

(informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).

The dog jumped over the fence.

Let's walk over the hill to get there.

The lava bubbled up and over the rim of the crater.

From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.

The car drove straight over the edge of the cliff.

I tripped over a tree root.

Drape the fabric over the table.

There is a roof over the house.

(figuratively) A strange feeling came over me.

He is over a hundred years old.

It's over a hundred degrees outside.

I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.

More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.

I prefer the purple over the pink.

Expressing comparison.
To a greater degree than.

Sales are down this quarter over last.

(in certain collocations) As compared to.

He's got grumpier over the years.

I'll have to work over the weekend.

Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.

2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:

A stern voice boomed over the loudspeaker.

The message came over FM radio.

Through or via (a particular transmission medium).

The owner's son lorded it over the experienced managers.

The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.

Indicating relative status, authority, or power

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.

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.

We had a chat over dinner.

He fell asleep over the crossword puzle.

Six diners in business clothes—five attractive young women and a balding middle-aged man—relax over cigarettes.

1990, Seymour Chatman, Coming to Terms, Cornell, →ISBN, page 100:

Sunday had been my favorite day at Woodlawn. A long W.A.A. [="work as assigned" period], having coffee and croissants with Mark over the Sunday Times.

1998, Marian Swerdlow, Underground Woman, Temple, →ISBN, page 88:

Over meatloaf and mashed potatoes (being careful not to talk with his mouth full), Stanley told about his adventure.

2009, Sara Pennypacker, The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 79:

While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.

The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.

It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

We triumphed over difficulties.

The bill was passed over the veto.

It was a fine victory over their opponents.

I can't hear you over the noise of that road drill.

Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.

He was fired over that.

Microsoft CEO should be fired over cyber failure

2024 May 24, “https://www.afr.com/technology/microsoft-ceo-should-be-fired-over-cyber-failure-20240523-p5jg4q”, in Financial Review:

Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.

Two over six equals one over three.

9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes

(poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.

عَبْرَ

physical positioning: across or spanning

վրա

physical positioning: in such a way as to cover

през

physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle

فَوْقَ

by comparison: more than; to a greater degree

-stä (elative case in the sense "above")


over

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!

(procedure word, military) 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.

over the left shoulder
over the left shoulder#English

(obsolete, slang) Short for over the left shoulder (“expressing disbelief etc.”).


over

He overed the fence in good style.

(UK, transitive, dialect, obsolete) To go over, or jump over.

The cattle have been overing all day because of the flies.

(UK, intransitive, dialect, obsolete) To run about.

en-verb

over (third-person singular simple present overs, present participle overing, simple past and past participle overed)

overs (present singular third-person)
overing (participle present)
overed (participle past)
overed (past)
o'er (alternative)


over

The sea's over.

Cassibola was ready at Dover, & renged (encamped) his men by the over.

1338, Robert Mannyng, Mannyng's Chronicle:

(rare, dialectal or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.

From Middle English over (“riverbank, seashore, brink”), from Old English ōfer (“riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border”), from Proto-Germanic *ōferaz. Cognate with Dutch oever (“riverbank, shore”), German Ufer (“shore, shoreline, riverbank”), Low German Över (“shore, riverbank”).


over

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch over. Doublet of oper.


over

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ovō


over

Dutch: over
→ Indonesian: oper

Limburgish: euver

From Old Dutch over, from Proto-West Germanic *obar.


over

Dutch: over

Limburgish: euver


over

English: over

Geordie English: ower

Scots: ower

Yola: ower, oer, owr

From Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar.

ouver (alternative)
ower (alternative)
ove (alternative)
ofer (alternative)
offr (alternative)
our (alternative)
owr (alternative)


over

over dat rode mêr

(accusative) across, moving through or over something

(accusative) across, moving to the other side of something

over alle lant

(accusative) in, across, describing the spread of something

over deme watere

(dative) across, situated on the other side of

over deme werke begripen

over deme dische

(dative) over, at, on, on top of, describing where something is situated; does not mean above

ōver (canonical)
ȫver (canonical)
aver (alternative)

From Old Saxon ovar, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, and Old Saxon *uvir from Proto-Germanic *ubiri.