over

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Finished; ended; concluded.
2. (not-comparable) Finished; ended; concluded.
3. (informal, not-comparable) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
4. (informal, not-comparable) Visiting one's home or other location.
5. (not-comparable) Having surmounted an obstacle.
6. (informal, not-comparable) Having an excess in a particular respect.
7. (not-comparable) Surplus to requirements.
8. (not-comparable, slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
2. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
3. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
4. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
5. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
6. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
7. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
8. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
9. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
10. (not-comparable) Describing a physical change of position or state.
11. (not-comparable) Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
12. (not-comparable) Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
13. (not-comparable) Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
14. (in-compounds, not-comparable, often) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
15. (not-comparable) Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
16. (not-comparable) To a future time.
17. (not-comparable) Overnight (throughout the night).
18. (US, not-comparable, usually) Indicating repetition.
19. (not-comparable) Indicating repetition.
20. (not-comparable) See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.

Noun

1. A set of six legal balls bowled.
2. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
3. (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
4. A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.

Prep

1. Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
2. Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
3. Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
4. Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
5. Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
6. (informal) Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
7. Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
8. Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
9. Expressing spatial relationship or movement.
10. Expressing comparison.
11. Expressing comparison.
12. Expressing comparison.
13. During or throughout (a time period).
14. Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
15. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
16. 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.
17. While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
18. Concerning or regarding.
19. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
20. Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
21. Divided by.
22. Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
23. Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note

Intj

1. A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.
2. Instructs the reader to turn the page and continue reading the other side.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, obsolete, slang) Ellipsis of over the left shoulder (“expressing disbelief etc.”).

Verb

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To go over, or jump over.
2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To run about.

Noun

A shore, riverbank.

Synonyms

above

on

🔛

across

more than

upon

up

🆙

finished

beyond

through

overhead

by

on top of

past

to

around

after

end

🔚

for

excessive

too much

ended

excessively

upwards

be finished

all over

cease

about

at

done

upper

in excess of

complete

on top

towards

near

o’er

inordinately

terminated

in

high up

gone

immensely

finish

extremely

stop

🛑

exceeding

extra

onto

too

concluded

Translations

über

sopra

sobre

sur

🔛

over

fini

finito

encima de

🔛

hinüber

boven

su

🆙

au-dessus

πέρα

vorbei

au-dessus de

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: over

Inherited from Old English: ofer

Cognate with Dutch: over

Cognate with German: ober

Cognate with Danish: over

Cognate with Norwegian: over

Cognate with Swedish: över

Cognate with Icelandic: yfir

Cognate with Faroese: yvir

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂

Cognate with Latin: super

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ὑπέρ

Cognate with Albanian: upri

Cognate with Sanskrit: उपरि

In summary

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér, related to *upó.
Akin to Scots ower (“over”), Yola oer, ower, owr (“over”), Saterland Frisian uur (“over”), West Frisian oer (“over, across”), Cimbrian übar (“over”), Dutch over (“over”), German ober, über, ueber (“over, above”), Limburgish euver, övver (“over”), Low German över, üöver (“over”), Luxembourgish iwwer (“over”), Mòcheno iber (“over”), Yiddish איבער (iber, “over”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål over (“over”), Faroese yvir (“over”), Icelandic yfir (“over”), Norwegian Nynorsk over, yver, yvi (“over”), Swedish över (“over”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar, “over”), Latin super (“over, above”), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, above”), Albanian upri (“group of peasants”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári, “over”).
Doublet of uber, super, and hyper.

Sentences

That guy over there likes to drink a lot , talk a lot , but do nothing .

He reached over and picked up a shell from the ground .

The title was passed down over seven generations and was held by nine persons .

They began to ride out over the sands , with the moon lighting their way .

Eventually , Labour Party gained a solid lead over National .

A woman wearing a white glove peers over the crowd .