OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does over mean? 

• OVER (noun)
  The noun OVER has 1 sense:

1. (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

  Familiarity information: OVER used as a noun is very rare.

• OVER (adjective)
  The adjective OVER has 1 sense:

1. having come or been brought to a conclusion

  Familiarity information: OVER used as an adjective is very rare.

• OVER (adverb)
  The adverb OVER has 5 senses:

1. at or to a point across intervening space etc.

2. throughout an area

3. throughout a period of time

4. beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position

5. over the entire area

  Familiarity information: OVER used as an adverb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("over" is a kind of...):

division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)

Domain category:

cricket (a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "over"):

maiden; maiden over ((cricket) an over in which no runs are scored)

Holonyms ("over" is a part of...):

period of play; play; playing period ((in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds)

• OVER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having come or been brought to a conclusion

Synonyms:

all over; complete; concluded; ended; over; terminated

Context example:

the abruptly terminated interview

Similar:

finished (ended or brought to an end)

• OVER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At or to a point across intervening space etc.

Context example:

over there

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throughout an area

Context example:

he is known the world over

Sense 3

Meaning:

Throughout a period of time

Synonyms:

o'er; over

Context example:

stay over the weekend

Sense 4

Meaning:

Beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position

Context example:

a roof that hangs over

Sense 5

Meaning:

Over the entire area

Synonyms:

all over; over

Context example:

everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot

 Context examples 

Now, down here in the Matto Grande—he swept his cigar over a part of the map—or up in this corner where three countries meet, nothin' would surprise me.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But as the mice were going over, the straw slipped away and fell into the water, and the six mice all fell in and were drowned.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

There is nothing to eat over there, and the oldest boy came to tell me they were suffering hunger and cold.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Dr. Trindade tried to ease the widespread concern over yellow fever.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)

These tears ran slowly down his face and over the hinges of his jaw, and there they rusted.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

A vast silence reigned over the land.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Unlike every other planet in the solar system, Uranus is tipped over almost onto its side.

(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)

A tobacco control trial conducted over the 7-year period from 1991-1998.

(American Stop Smoking Intervention for Cancer Prevention, NCI Thesaurus)

The absorbed dose for a subject that results from ingestion of sources of radiation that reside throughout the subject over time.

(Medical Internal Radiation Dose, NCI Thesaurus)

However, we may as well go and sit with them a little while, and when we have that over, we can enjoy our walk.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)