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over

/ˈəʊ̯.və/ adjective

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In Latin: supra Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about over at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Finished; ended; concluded.
    The show isn't over until the fat lady sings.
  2. Of a flower: wilting or withering.
  3. Hopeless; irrecoverable.
    We're keeping our marriage going for the sake of the kids, but really it's over.

adverb

  1. 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".
    That vase isn't exactly central. Could you move it over a couple of inches?
  2. From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
    That vase isn't exactly central. Could you move it over a couple of inches?
  3. Across from one side of something to the other.
    I need to cross the river. Can you take me over in your boat?

noun

  1. A set of six legal balls bowled.
    Jones hit four boundaries in the first over.
  2. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
  3. Something having an excess of a particular property.
    I went fishing but caught mostly overs.

preposition

  1. Expressing spatial relationship or movement. Above; higher than; further up than.
    Hold the sign up over your head.
  2. Above; higher than; further up than.
    Hold the sign up over your head.
  3. Across, from one side to the other.
    The guide took us over the border.

Origin

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, ofor, ouer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”).

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