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over-time

over-time verb: to time or measure the development of something in excess.

Verb

over-time (third-person singular simple present over-times, present participle over-timing, simple past and past participle over-timed)

  1. (dated, obsolete, rare, transitive) To time or measure the development of something in excess.
  2. (dated, obsolete, rare, transitive) To grant an excess amount of time to an exposure or other process.

Forms of over-time

third-person singular presentover-times
present participleover-timing
past participleover-timed
pastover-timed

Origin of over-time

From over- + time.

Questions about over-time

What does over-time mean?
Over-time means to time or measure the development of something in excess.
What part of speech is over-time?
Over-time is a verb.
What is the past tense of over-time?
The past tense of over-time is over-timed.

Words near over-time in the dictionary

  1. over-the-shoulder boulder holders
  2. over-the-top
  3. over-the-topness
  4. over-the-wire
  5. over-things
  6. over-time
  7. over-timed
  8. over-timer
  9. over-timers
  10. over-times
  11. over-timing

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