Etimology
From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér, a comparative form of *upo. Akin to Dutch over, German ober, über, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Albanian upri (“group of peasants”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári). Doublet of uber, super, and hyper.
adjective
over (not comparable)
Discontinued; ended or concluded.
(professional wrestling slang) wrestler or faction that is popular with the audience.
Examples
The show is over.
adverb
over (not comparable)
Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
(often in compounds) To an excessive degree; overly.
From an upright position to a horizontal one.
Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
From one side of something to another, passing above it.
From one position or state to another.
Overnight (throughout the night).
(US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
Examples
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
Let me think that over.
I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
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 […]
She seemed a placid creature altogether - eminently respectable - perhaps not over intelligent.
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
That building just fell over!
He bent over to touch his toes.
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
The fence is too high. I don't think I'll be able to get over.
Please pass that over to me.
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
Come over and play!
I'll bring over a pizza.
We stayed over at Grandma's.
Can I sleep over?
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
noun
over (plural overs)
(cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
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.
[…] standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.
preposition
over
Expressing spatial relationship.
Expressing comparison.
Indicating relative status, authority, or power
(mathematics) Divided by.
(poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
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.
While using, especially while consuming.
Concerning or regarding.
Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
Examples
Hold the sign up over your head.
Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning.
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.
There is a bridge over the river.
I looked out over the sea.
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.
If I saw the wild geese fly over the dark lakes of Kerry...
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.
Drape the fabric over the table.
There is a roof over the house.
The dog jumped over the fence.
I'll go over [the fence] first and then help you.
Let's walk over the hill to get there.
I prefer the purple over the pink.
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
Sales are down this quarter over last.
The owner's son lorded it over the experienced managers.
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
Synonym: on
Two over six equals one over three.
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
I am over my cold and feel great again.
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it [your annoyance with the referee's decision].
She is finally over [the distress of] losing her job.
He is finally over his [distress over the loss of the relationship with his] ex-girlfriend.
Six diners in business clothes—five attractive young women and a balding middle-aged man—relax over cigarettes.
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.
Over meatloaf and mashed potatoes , Stanley told about his adventure.
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
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.
We triumphed over difficulties.
The bill was passed over the veto.
It was a fine victory over their opponents.
interjection
over
(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.”).
Examples
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
How do you receive? Over!
Related words
coordinate terms
(radio procedure word): out
verb
over (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.
Examples
He overed the fence in good style.
The cattle have been overing all day because of the flies.
Etimology
From Middle English over (“riverbank, seashore, brink”), from Old English ōfer (“riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border”), from Proto-Germanic *ōferaz. Cognate with Dutch oever (“riverbank, shore”), German Ufer (“shore, shoreline, riverbank”), Low German Över (“shore, riverbank”).
noun
over (plural overs)
(rare, dialectal or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
Examples
The sea's over.
Cassibola was ready at Dover, & renged his men by the over.