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OVERTIME PERIOD

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does overtime period mean? 

OVERTIME PERIOD (noun)
  The noun OVERTIME PERIOD has 1 sense:

1. a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketballplay

  Familiarity information: OVERTIME PERIOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERTIME PERIOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("overtime period" is a kind of...):

extra time; overtime (playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie)


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