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over

UK/ˈəʊ̯.və/ US/ˈaʊæː/ very common informal slang uk us
adverb (4) adjective (1) noun (1)

adverb

1.

at or to a point across intervening space etc.

  • “come over and see us some time”
  • “over there”
2.

throughout an area

  • “he is known the world over”
3.

in such a manner as to be understood and accepted

  • “she cannot get her ideas across”
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4.

throughout a period of time

  • “stay over the weekend”
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adjective

1.

having come or been brought to a conclusion

  • “the harvesting was complete”
  • “the affair is over, ended, finished”
  • “the abruptly terminated interview”
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noun

1.

(cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

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”).

Phrases

  • absent over leave
  • algebra over a field
  • algebra over a ring
  • all over
  • all over again
  • all over bar the shouting
  • all over but the crying
  • all over but the shouting
  • all over hell's half acre
  • game over
  • ride roughshod over

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