Over Meaning and Definition

Word: Over

How to pronounce: ˈəʊvə

Preposition

Definitions:

1. Extending directly upward from.

Example sentences: "I saw flames over Berlin"

2. At a higher level or layer than.

Example sentences: "Watching a television hanging over the bar"

3. Higher than or more than (a specified number or quantity)

Example sentences: "Over 40 degrees C"

4. Expressing passage or trajectory across.

Example sentences: "She trudged over the lawn"

5. Expressing duration.

Example sentences: "She told me over coffee"

6. By means of; by the medium of.

7. On the subject of.

Example sentences: "A heated debate over unemployment"

Adverb

Definitions:

1. Expressing passage or trajectory across an area.

Example sentences: "He leaned over and tapped me on the hand"

2. Beyond and falling or hanging from a point.

3. Used to express action and result.

Example sentences: "The car flipped over"

4. Used to express repetition of a process.

Example sentences: "Twice over"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A sequence of six balls bowled by a bowler from one end of the pitch.

Example sentences: "He would bowl six overs, take wickets and get taken off because he was so unfit."

Synonyms:

across

beyond

up

atop

through

by

after

from above

again

anew

afresh

during

around

about

complete

ended

completed

finished

all over

down

downward

below

amid

amidst

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Over in Other Languages...

Spanish: Sobre

German: über

French: Plus

Italian: Oltre

Turkish: üzerinde