over

Noun CEFR A1 Common

ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)

Definitions

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3770).
Finished; ended; concluded
A set of six legal balls bowled.
A shore, riverbank.
dialectal, obsolete, rare
A suburban area in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6366).
Of a flower: wilting or withering
Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
A series of six balls bowled from one end of a cricket pitch.
A hamlet in Almondsbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5882)
Hopeless; irrecoverable
Something having an excess of a particular property.
informal
To jump over: Horse and rider overed the stile with ease.
A hamlet near Gloucester in Highnam parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8119).
Visiting one's home or other location
A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
Used in two-way radio to indicate that a transmission is complete and a reply is awaited.
A village in Seevetal, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Having surmounted an obstacle
As opposed to; contrasted with.
In addition to: travel expenses over and above entertainment costs.
Again and again; repeatedly.
Completely finished; done: Let's get the shopping over with.
a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlord; overthrow), and esp. employed, with the senses “over the limit,” “to excess,” “too much,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcrowd; overfull; overweight).
Series of six or sometimes eight balls bowled from one end by the same bowler.
finished. The affair is over now. verby, klaar مُنْتَهٍ завършен em cima u konce über forbi τελειωμένοςpor encima läbi تمام شده päättynyt au-dessus deנגמר समाप्त gotov, završen följebb tinggi yfir sopra 上に 마친 baigtas, pasibaigęs cauri, beidzies tamat voorbijover, forbiponad, prze- پشپړ em cima deasupra законченный skončený nad gotov över, ovanför จบ bitmiş, sona ermiş 越過 закінчений ختم، مکمل kết thúc 越过

Equivalents

39 more languages

العربيةإنتهى على فوق

Беларускаянад

Българскикрай над пакпрез

Bosanskiat genom kikom le nȁd nad para-sopra sur tren za-за на на̏д над пак

Catalàsobre

Češtinanad

Cymraegdros

Danskforbi over ovreskift skifter

Ελληνικάεπι-

Esperantosuper

فارسیتمام

Gaeilgearís os cionn

עבריתחלקי עבר

हिन्दीअधि-

Hrvatskiat genom kikom le nȁd nad para-sopra sur tren za-за на над на̏д пак

Magyar-ban -ben -en-n -nál -nél -on át éjszakára él ellenére fölé képest keresztül kész készen ki lé maradék mellett mint osztva rá túl túlzottan újra végig vétel

Հայերենդուրս վրա

Bahasa Indonesiaepi-ganti para-

Íslenskayfir

Italianoancora nuovamente passopiù di sopra

日本語オーバーどうぞ上上に割る

ភាសាខ្មែរលើ

한국어나누기 위에

Kurdî-de -ên -nariş êl kî kom le lê para-per pêr peşte por Ra re-sinne sûper şûr tekrar trên tul

Latinasupra supra-

Lietuviųvirš

Nederlandsboven om omverop opnieuw over

Polskinad odbiór ponadprzeszło przez za-

Portuguêscâmbio de novo overpor sobre

Românădeasupra pește

Русскийбо́лее чем за нана ночь над опять прием сверх снова

Slovenščinanad

Српскиat genom kikom le nȁd nad para-sopra sur tren za-за на на̏д над пак

Svenskaåter för genomigen kom öm om-omkull över över-

ไทยเปลี่ยน

Türkçe-de tamam tekrarüstünde üzerinde

Українськавідбій зно́ву нанад пере-

Tiếng Việttrên

Examples

“Jones hit four boundaries in the first over.”

“In an emotional and electric atmosphere at Lord's, both sides scored 241 in their 50 overs and were level on 15 when they batted for an extra over apiece.”

“[…] standard cash count ⟳ forms used to record ⟳ the count ⟳ and any overs or unders.”

“I went fishing but caught mostly overs.”

“In today's golf tournament we recorded three unders and twenty overs.”

“The sea's over.”

“Cassibola was ready at Dover, & renged (encamped) his men by the over.”

CEFR level

A1

Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.

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See also

over a barrel over again over and above over and out over and over over and over again

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