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overs

overs is the plural of over.

Meaning of over

Noun (1)

over (plural overs)

  1. A set of six legal balls bowled.
    • Jones hit four boundaries in the first over.
  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.
  4. A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.

Noun (2)

over (plural overs)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, rare) A shore, riverbank.
    • The sea's over.

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Phrases with overs

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Questions about overs

What is overs the plural of?
Overs is the plural of over.

Words near overs in the dictionary

  1. overruns
  2. overrush
  3. overrushed
  4. overrushes
  5. overrushing
  6. overs
  7. oversaccharine
  8. oversad
  9. oversaid
  10. oversail
  11. oversailed

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