noun
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A set of six legal balls bowled.
definition
Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
verb
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To go over, or jump over.
example
He overed the fence in good style.
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To run about.
example
The cattle have been overing all day because of the flies.
adjective
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Discontinued; ended or concluded.
example
The show is over.
adverb
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Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
example
I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
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To an excessive degree; overly.
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From an upright position to being horizontal.
example
He bent over to touch his toes.
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Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
example
I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
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From one position or state to another.
example
Come over and play!
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Overnight (throughout the night).
example
Can I sleep over?
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(usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
example
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
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(procedure word) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
example
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
preposition
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Physical positioning.
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By comparison.
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Indicating relative status, authority, or power
example
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
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Divided by.
example
four over two equals two over one
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Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
example
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
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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.
example
He is finally over his [distress over the loss of the relationship with his] ex-girlfriend.
definition
While using, especially while consuming.
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Concerning or regarding.
example
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
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Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
example
It was a fine victory over their opponents.
interjection
definition
In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
example
How do you receive? Over!
Examples of over in a Sentence
He is famous all over the world.
What are you doing over here?
You see it all over the Internet.
I don't want a shadow hanging over him.
He pulled the undershirt over his head before answering.
I am His gaze wandered over her face again.
She rolled over and rose up on an elbow.
His gaze traveled over her as she climbed out of her jeans.
Carmen hurried over to Destiny.
Alluring brooks of crystal water flowed sparkling between their flower-strewn banks, while scattered over the valley were dozens of the quaintest and most picturesque cottages our travelers had ever beheld.
His solemn gaze roved over her face.
He moved his hand over her hair.
His gaze dropped to her face and wandered over it.
But suddenly, at a narrow place, they met a very old man, hobbling slowly along over the stony way.
Suddenly a change passed over the tree.
Destiny stared at Alex over Carmen's shoulder and Jonathan was so focused on Alex that he nearly ran into Alondra.
At this they both put their heads over the side of the buggy and looked down.
The math works the same over time.
Don't over do it.
Wolf! they cried, as they met another farmer coming over the hill.
She slid over, cuddling close to him, her head on his pillow.
No, it was over four million.
Howard leaned over her.
He leaned over and kissed her.
I waved Betsy over next to me.
I kicked dirt over the spot.
He started walking over to the car.
When they passed over a field of grass Jim immediately stretched down his head and began to nibble.
Over time, Amazon has achieved such scale and thus has collected so much data that their suggestions are really useful.
It would start all over again.
It'll be over before you know it.
We were looking all over the place for you.
He anguished over the possibility, fearful he would be so horror-stricken he'd wake and miss the telling information that would lead to a capture.
Why was he pulling me over?
Then slowly, over time, things changed.
That would average over three SMS messages per day per person on the planet.
How easily some people get over everything!
And running over the events of the day he remembered the French drummer boy.
He bent over, picked up her clothes and tossed them to her.
He studied her for a moment over the rim of his cup.
He probably thought she was all googly-eyed over him.
We were in strong disagreement over continuing.
Martha came in with baby Clair looking as if she'd gotten over what ailed her.
We discussed neither Julie nor Howie over breakfast but Betsy joined me when I left for our office.
Why don't you go over and talk to her?
She opened her eyes to find his concerned face over her.
She bent over and picked it up, discovering that it had a little white powder in the bottom.
Her killer was pulled over the next day by an observant trooper shortly after dumping the young girl's body.
And why did that ignorant cop pull me over in Alabama?
If our privacy was assaulted by some mistake we made, at least we could start over.