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over-

/ˈəʊ̯və/US/ˈoʊ̯vəɹ/

over- prefix: above, or higher.

Prefix

over-

  1. Above, or higher.
    • overbar, overlook
  2. Superior.
    • overlord
  3. Excessive; excessively.
    • overkind, overloud, overstate
    Synonyms:
    hyper-, ultra-, ana-
  4. Surrounding or covering.
    • overcoat, overpaint
  5. (augmentative) Exceptional; extremely or intensely.

over- meaning in Sanskrit

over- in Sanskrit

over-
अति áti

Synonyms of over-

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Origin of over-

From Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Dutch over-, German über-, Swedish över-, Welsh gor-, Spanish sobre-, Armenian վեր- (ver-), Persian ابر (abar-). Doublet of super-, sur-, and hyper-. More at over.

Questions about over-

What does over- mean?
Over- means above, or higher.
What is over- in Sanskrit?
Over- in Sanskrit is अति (áti). See Over- meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is over-?
Over- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce over-?
Over- is pronounced /ˈəʊ̯və/ (UK).

Words near over- in the dictionary

  1. over time
  2. over to
  3. Over Wallop
  4. over well
  5. over with
  6. over-
  7. over-accommodate
  8. over-accommodated
  9. over-accommodates
  10. over-accommodating
  11. over-accommodation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: over- (page history and authors); अति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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