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say it: OH-vur
over is an adverb, noun and adjective meaning "at or to a point across intervening space etc.". It carries 7 recorded senses.
at or to a point across intervening space etc.
“come over and see us some time”
“over there”
throughout an area
“he is known the world over”
beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
“a roof that hangs over”
over the entire area
“the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers”
“she ached all over”
“everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot”
(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
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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for over come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.