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Discontinued; ended or concluded. examples
(professional wrestling slang) wrestler or faction that is popular with the audience.
Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end. quotations examples
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
(often in compounds) To an excessive degree; overly. quotations examples
She seemed a placid creature altogether - eminently respectable - perhaps not over intelligent.
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 12, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 158
From an upright position to a horizontal one. examples
Horizontally; left to right or right to left. examples
From one side of something to another, passing above it. examples
From one position or state to another. examples
Overnight (throughout the night). examples
(US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again. examples
plural overs
(cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled. quotations examples
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
Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc. quotations examples
[…] 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
Expressing spatial relationship.
On top of; above; higher than; further up. quotations examples
Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning.
1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields
The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, […] . Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist
Across or spanning. quotations examples
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 bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
If I saw the wild geese fly over the dark lakes of Kerry...
1918, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Sick I Am and Sorrowful
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3
In such a way as to cover. examples
From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards. examples
Expressing comparison.
More than; to a greater degree. examples
Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far. examples
(in certain collocations) As compared to. examples
Indicating relative status, authority, or power examples
(mathematics) Divided by. examples
(poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house. examples
Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two. examples
While using, especially while consuming. quotations examples
Six diners in business clothes—five attractive young women and a balding middle-aged man—relax over cigarettes.
1990, Seymour Chatman, Coming to Terms, Cornell, page 100
Sunday had been my favorite day at Woodlawn. A long W.A.A. [="work as assigned" period], having coffee and croissants with Mark over the Sunday Times.
1998, Marian Swerdlow, Underground Woman, Temple, page 88
Over meatloaf and mashed potatoes (being careful not to talk with his mouth full), Stanley told about his adventure.
2009, Sara Pennypacker, The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery, Scholastic, page 79
Concerning or regarding. quotations examples
It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding. examples
(procedure word, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.
(obsolete, slang) Short for over the left shoulder (“expressing disbelief etc.”).
third-person singular simple present overs, present participle overing, simple past and past participle overed
(UK, transitive, dialect, obsolete) To go over, or jump over.
(UK, intransitive, dialect, obsolete) To run about.
(rare, dialectal or obsolete) A shore, riverbank. quotations
Cassibola was ready at Dover, & renged (encamped) his men by the over.
1338, Robert Mannyng, Mannyng's Chronicle