over

Adjective

over (not comparable)

1. Finished; ended; concluded.
   • The show isn't over until the fat lady sings.
   • The strawberries are over now. I picked the last few yesterday.
   1. Of a flower: wilting or withering.
2. (informal) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
   • We're keeping our marriage going for the sake of the kids, but really it's over.
3. (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
   • My sister's over for the week.
4. Having surmounted an obstacle.
   • The horse struggled at that fence, but it's over.
5. (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
   • This steak is well over. (overcooked)
   • We had some complaints about short weight, so now we make sure that all our bags of potatoes are a bit over. (overweight)
6. Surplus to requirements.
   • I made 20 cakes, but I only need 18, so there are two over.
7. (slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.

Adverb

over (not comparable)

1. From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
   • That vase isn't exactly central. Could you move it over a couple of inches?
   • I slid over to make room for him to sit down.
2. Across from one side of something to the other.
   • I need to cross the river. Can you take me over in your boat?
3. So as to pass above.
   • I looked up just as a helicopter flew over.
4. Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
   • The fence is too high. I don't think I'll be able to get over.
   • The boiling milk bubbled over onto the cooker top.
5. Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
   • The car rolled to the edge of the cliff and went straight over.
6. From an upright position to a horizontal one.
   • He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
   • That building just fell over!
7. So as to fold towards or onto itself.
   • Bend the end of that wire over to make a hook.
   • He bent over to touch his toes.
8. On top of something, or so as to cover something.
   • Paint it over with a darker colour.
   • It's starting to cloud over.
9. So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
   • Put the card face down, and don't turn it over until I say so.
   • I can't sleep on my back. I have to roll over onto my side.
10. So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
    • Swap those cables over. The red one should be in the left socket.
11. Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
    • He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
    • I switched over to Channel 9.
12. Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
    • I'll see you over at the club.
    • Look over there!

Noun (1)

over (plural overs)

1. A set of six legal balls bowled.
   • 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.2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London
2. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
   • […] standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.2008, G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, The Principles and Practice of Auditing, page 609
3. (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
   • I went fishing but caught mostly overs.
   • In today's golf tournament we recorded three unders and twenty overs.
4. A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.

Preposition

over

1. Above; higher than; further up than.
   • Hold the sign up over your head.
   • The mountain towered over the village.
2. Across, from one side to the other.
   • The guide took us over the border.
3. Across, so as to pass above.
   • The vulture flew over the desert.
   • I looked out over the sea.
4. Through or around all the parts of.
   • The estate agent showed me over the property.
   • We went over the cathedral and then had lunch in the cafe.
5. On the other side of.
   • He lives over the road from me.
   • The next town is over that hill.
6. (informal) At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
   • There was a big fire over the other side of town.
   • My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the...1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
7. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
   • The dog jumped over the fence.
   • Let's walk over the hill to get there.
8. Across (something) and then downwards.
   • The car drove straight over the edge of the cliff.
   • I tripped over a tree root.
9. On top of; in such a way as to cover.
   • Drape the fabric over the table.
   • There is a roof over the house.
10. More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
    • He is over a hundred years old.
    • It's over a hundred degrees outside.
11. To a greater degree than.
    • I prefer the purple over the pink.
    • Only for a brief two centuries in the Middle Ages did a Baltic community coalesce, under the Hanseatic League of prosperous cities that valued trade over plunder.1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 605
12. As compared to.
    • Sales are down this quarter over last.

Interjection

1. (procedure word) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.
   • Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
   • Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
2. Instructs the reader to turn the page and continue reading the other side.

Verb

over (third-person singular simple present overs, present participle overing, simple past and past participle overed)

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To go over, or jump over.
   • He overed the fence in good style.
2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To run about.
   • The cattle have been overing all day because of the flies.

Noun (2)

over (plural overs)

1. (dialectal, obsolete, rare) A shore, riverbank.
   • The sea's over.
   • Cassibola was ready at Dover, & renged (encamped) his men by the over.1338, Robert Mannyng, Mannyng's Chronicle

Proper noun capitalized: Over

Over

1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3770).
2. A suburban area in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6366).
3. A hamlet in Almondsbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5882)
4. A hamlet near Gloucester in Highnam parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8119).
5. A village in Seevetal, Lower Saxony, Germany.