over
see also: Over
Pronunciation Etymology 1
Over
Proper noun
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see also: Over
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, 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, Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ, Albanian upri, Sanskrit उपरि.
Adjectiveover (not comparable)
- Discontinued; ended or concluded.
- The show is over.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- It's too early to tell, but I think it's over.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- French: fini, terminé
- German: vorbei
- Italian: terminato, finito
- Portuguese: terminado, acabado, concluído
- Russian: око́нченный
- Spanish: terminado, acabado
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.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
- 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 […]
- (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.
- French: trop, sur-
- Spanish: excesivamente
- Russian: на ночь
over (plural overs)
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- 2008, G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, The Principles and Practice of Auditing, page 609:
- […] standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.
- Expressing spatial relationship.
- On top of; above; higher than; further up.
- Hold the sign up over your head.
- 1858 October 15, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC ↗:
- Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning.
- Across or spanning.
- There is a bridge over the river.
- I looked out over the sea.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC ↗:
- 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.
- 1918, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Sick I Am and Sorrowful:
- If I saw the wild geese fly over the dark lakes of Kerry...
- 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.
- (figurative) Transmitted using a particular medium
- A stern voice boomed over the loudspeaker.
- The message came over FM radio.
- 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.
- Synonyms: on
- 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.
- Expressing causation; due to, as the result of
- He was fired over that.
- Italian: più di
- Russian: сверх
- Russian: за
- (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.”).
- French: à vous, parlez
- German: Schluss, kommen
- Italian: passo
- Portuguese: câmbio
- Russian: приём
- Spanish: cambio
over (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.
From Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-Germanic *ōferaz.
Nounover (plural overs)
- (rare, dialectal or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
- The sea's over.
- 1338, Robert Mannyng, Mannyng's Chronicle:
- Cassibola was ready at Dover, & renged (encamped) his men by the over.
Over
Proper noun
- A village/and/civil parish in South Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3770).
- A suburban area in Winsford (OS grid ref SJ6366).
- A hamlet in Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST5882)
- A hamlet near Gloucester (OS grid ref SO8119).
- A village in Seevetal, Lower Saxony.
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