over
pronunciation
How to pronounce over in British English:
UK [ˈəʊvə(r)]
How to pronounce over in American English:
US [ˈoʊvər]
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- Noun:
- (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
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- Adjective:
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
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- Adverb:
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout an area
- in such a manner as to be understood and accepted
- throughout a period of time
Word Origin
- over
- over: [OE] Etymologically, over denotes ‘more up, upper’. It originated as an Indo-European comparative form derived from the base *upó ‘under’, which gave rise to English up. This became prehistoric Germanic *uberi, which has diversified into German über, Swedish öfver, and Dutch, Danish, and English over. A derivative of the same base forms the second syllable of English above, while amongst over’s more surprising relatives are eaves and evil.=> above, eaves, evil, up
- over (prep.)
- Old English ofer "beyond, above, upon, in, across, past; on high," from Proto-Germanic *uberi (cognates: Old Saxon obar, Old Frisian over, Old Norse yfir, Old High German ubar, German über, Gothic ufar "over, above"), from PIE *uper (see super-). As an adjective from Old English uffera. As an adverb from late Old English. Sense of "finished" is attested from late 14c. Meaning "recovered from" is from 1929. In radio communication, used to indicate the speaker has finished speaking (1926). Adjective phrase over-the-counter is attested from 1875, originally of stocks and shares.
Synonym
from top to foot head entirely cover end thoroughly completely throughout through stern stem bottom
in reference to touching relative subject connection concerning about with regarding of on the compared respect
higher superior greater administrative commanding foremost dominant outranking managerial leading better ranking supervisory
remaining surplus excess unneeded extra additional in leftover spare left residual unused odd superfluous addition
Antonym
Example
- 1. That was over twenty years ago !
- 2. And the bubble pops blood all over .
- 3. But that era is over .
- 4. Britain has 1.5 million people over 85 .
- 5. There are over 2 00000000 blogs .