"tower over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: towers over [present, singular, third-person], towering over [participle, present], towered over [participle, past], towered over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tower over (third-person singular simple present towers over, present participle towering over, simple past and past participle towered over)
  1. (transitive) To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over. Tags: transitive Translations (to be considerably taller than): torrejar (Catalan), bovenuittorenen (Dutch), kohota korkealle (Finnish), surplomber (French), überragen (German), tornyosul (Hungarian), gnæfa (Icelandic), elevar se (Interlingua), torreggiare (Italian), innalzarsi (Italian), sovrastare (Italian), dominare (Italian), そびえ立つ (sobie tatsu) (Japanese), се извишува (se izvišuva) (Macedonian), надраснува (nadrasnuva) (Macedonian), hlifian (Old English), elevar-se (Portuguese), возвыша́ться (vozvyšátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), sobresalir (Spanish), височіти (vysočity) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (transitive, figurative) To be much greater or more important than. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-tower_over-en-verb-AxK21By1

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over."
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          "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
          "word": "überragen"
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          "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
          "word": "tornyosul"
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          "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
          "word": "elevar se"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
          "word": "torreggiare"
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          "word": "sovrastare"
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          "word": "sobresalir"
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      "word": "torrejar"
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "surplomber"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "überragen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "tornyosul"
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "gnæfa"
    },
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "elevar se"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "torreggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "innalzarsi"
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "sovrastare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "dominare"
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
      "word": "そびえ立つ"
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
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      "sense": "to be considerably taller than",
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