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Pronunciation: (ō'vur), [key]
4. so as to rest on or cover; on or upon: Throw a sheet over the bed.
7. here and there on or in; about: at various places over the country.
8. through all parts of; all through: to roam over the estate; to show someone over the house.
9. to and fro on or in; across; throughout: to travel all over Europe.
10. from one side to the other of; to the other side of; across: to go over a bridge.
11. on the other side of; across: lands over the sea.
13. in excess of; more than: over a mile; not over five dollars.
15. in preference to: chosen over another applicant.
21. via; by means of: He told me over the phone. I heard it over the radio.
22. over and above, in addition to; besides: a profit over and above what they had anticipated.

5. from side to side; across; to the other side: to sail over.
8. from beginning to end; throughout: to read a paper over; Think it over.
13. once more; again: Do the work over.
14. in repetition or succession: twenty times over.
20. all over,
a. over the entire surface of; everywhere: material printed all over with a floral design.
b. thoroughly; entirely.
c. finished: The war was all over and the soldiers came home.
21. all over with, ended; finished: It seemed miraculous that the feud was all over with.
22. over again, in repetition; once more: The director had the choir sing one passage over again.
24. over and over, several times; repeatedly: They played the same record over and over.
25. over there, Informal.(in the U.S. during and after World War I) in or to Europe: Many of the boys who went over there never came back.

1. upper; higher up.
2. higher in authority, station, etc.
3. serving, or intended to serve, as an outer covering; outer.
4. remaining or additional, surplus; extra.
6. ended; done; past: when the war was over.

1. an amount in excess or addition; extra.
2. Mil.a shot that strikes or bursts beyond the target.
3. Cricket.
a. the number of balls, usually six, delivered between successive changes of bowlers.
b. the part of the game played between such changes.

1. to go or get over; leap over.
2. Southern U.S.to recover from.



a prefixal use of over,
prep., adv.,or
adj.,occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “too much,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent from old or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any words whose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly.


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