Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Over

Definition: Over

Over

Adjective

1. Having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview".

2. (prefix) excessive; "over-abusive"; "overabusive".

Adverb

1. At or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over and see us some time"; "over there".

2. Throughout an area; "he is known the world over".

3. In such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across".

4. Throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend".

Noun

1. (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England; 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "over" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Over

DomainDefinition

Literature

Over (Greek, huper; Latin, super; German, über; Anglo-Saxon, ofer
Over in cricket, means that the fielders are to go over to the other side. This is done when five balls have been delivered from one end. It used to be four. The bowling is taken up at the opposite wicket. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Military & Defense

In artillery and naval gunfire support a spotting, or an observation, used by a spotter or an observer to indicate that a burst(s)occured beyond the target in relation to the spotting line. Source: European Union. (references)

Post & Telecom

In aviation radio phraseology, an expression to imply that the transmission is ended but that a reply is expected. Source: European Union. (references)

Tips from 1870

Usage: On, Over, Upon. "Mary called upon her friend." Say, "called on her friend." "The Senator prevailed over his friends to support his bill." Say, "prevailed upon his friends." "The candidate prevailed over his enemies."
Usage: Over, More than. "There were not over thirty persons present." Over is incorrect; above has some sanction; but more than, is the best, and should be used. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Synonyms: Over

Synonyms: all over (adj), complete (adj), concluded (adj), ended (adj), over(p) (adj), terminated (adj), across (adv), o'er (adv). (additional references)

Top     

Synonyms within Context: Over

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

End

Ended; Verb: at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive. penultimate; last but one, last but two; unbegun, uncommenced; fresh.

Exteriority

Adverb: externally; Adjective: out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors; extra muros.

Remainder

Adjective:remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off; superfluous; (redundant).

Sufficiency

Fill; fullness; (completeness); plenitude, plenty; abundance; copiousness; Adjective:; amplitude, galore, lots, profusion; full measure; " good measure pressed down and running, over." luxuriance; (fertility); affluence; (wealth); fat of the land; "a land flowing with milk and honey"; cornucopia; horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea; mine; (stock).

Superiority

Adverb: beyond, more, over; over the mark, above the mark; above par; upwards of, in advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its height.

The Past

Adverb: paleo-; archaeo-; formerly; of old, of yore; erst, whilom, erewhile, time was, ago, over; in the olden time; Noun: anciently, long ago, long since; a long while, a long time ago; years ago, yesteryear, ages ago; some time ago, some time since, some time back.

Adjective: past, gone, gone by, over, passed away, bygone, foregone; elapsed, lapsed, preterlapsed, expired, no more, run out, blown over, has-been, that has been, extinct, antediluvian, antebellum, never to return, gone with the wind, exploded, forgotten, irrecoverable; obsolete; (old).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Top     

Crosswords: Over

English words defined with "over": All overbind over, bowl over, brim over, bubble overcant over, carry over, chew overdouble overfall over, film over, flip overget over, glass over, glaze over, go overhand over fist, hash over, head over heels, heels over head, hold overkeel over, knock overleft over, lord it overmaiden over, mound over, mounded over, move over, mull overOver all, Over and above, over and over, over and over again, Over head and ears, Over the left shoulderpass over, pick over, put overqueen it overrun overskim over, skin over, spill over, spread over, swing over, switch overtake over, talk over, think over, tip over, To brim over, To come over, To crow over, To draw over, To gain over, To get over, To go heels over head, To go over, To help over, To lay over, To make over, To post over, To put over, To run over, To talk over, To turn over, To walk over, turn overwell over. (references)
Specialty definitions using "over": Bend Over, Here It Comes Again, Buy OverCome Over One, Come Yorkshire over One, Conferencing over IP, Crow over OneData Over Cable Service Interface Specification, Data Over Cable Systems Interface Specifications, Devil looking Over Lincoln, digital transmission over multimode optical fibers, digital transmission over multimode optical fibres, digital transmission over single-mode optical fibers, digital transmission over single-mode optical fibres, DONE OVERFax over IPHALF SEAS OVER, Half-seas Over, Hand over Hand, Haul over the CoalsJump Over the BroomstickKick Over the Traces, King Over the WaterLEAPING OVER THE SWORDNetBios over TCP/IPOver and Above, Over Edom will I cast my Shoe, Over the Left, Over withpacket over air, PULLER OVER, MACHINEride overTO DO OVER, turning over and packing shiftunequal crossing overVoice over IPweight per foot run over buffers, weight per meter run over buffers, weight per metre run over buffers. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Over" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (about, above, across, beyond, concerning, on, on the other side of, over, upon), Dutch (abiding, about, above, across, after, away, behind, beyond, concerning, in, left, left over, more than, on, on the other side of, over, past, remaining, upon), Norwegian (about, above, concerning, on, over, upon), Serbo-Croatian (o'er), Swedish (over).

Top     

Modern Usage: Over

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Heather what the hell is going on over there (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

I need a sign that you've turned over a new leaf (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

At some point a program was written to govern them. A program was written to watch over the trees, and the wind, the sunrise, and sunset (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

You are a vampire who never knew what life was until it ran out in a big gush over your lips (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Thought I'd take you over. (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

Lyrics

You've already won me over in spite of me (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Roll Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today (Roll Over Beethoven; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

Better yet just forget better get over yourself (Get Over Yourself; performing artist: Eden's Crush)

It'll be just like starting over, starting over ((Just Like) Starting Over; performing artist: John Lennon)

But baby it ain't over 'til it's over (It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over; performing artist: Lenny Kravitz; writing credit: Lenny Kravitz)

Clever

Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Duty over desire--may that inspire. (references; author: unknown)

Once over the hill, you pick up speed. (references; author: unknown)

Under same management for over 2000 years. (references; author: unknown)

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver. (references; author: unknown)

The swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim. The swan swam back again. Well swum, swan. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)

Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem (1974)

Naakt over de schutting (1973)

Treasure Over the Water (1972)

Over There (1972)

Song Titles

Hell Froze Over Today (performing artist: The Foremen)

Far From Over (performing artist: Frank Stallone)

Over You (performing artist: Gary Puckett and The Union Gap)

It's Over Now (performing artist: Incubus)

What In The World's Come Over You (performing artist: Jack Scott)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Commercial Usage: Over

DomainTitle

References

  • Internet Telephony (Voice over Internet Protocol) in Australia: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

  • The World Market for Live Poultry Weighing over 185 Grams (6.53 Ounces): A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Conflict Over the Bay: Momentous Battles Fought by RAF and American Aircraft Against the U-Boats, Bay of Biscay May-August 1943 (reference)

  • North Star over My Shoulder: A Flying Life (reference)

  • Louise Michel, engel in het harnas : twee spelen over de Commune van Parijs, "De barricade" en "Engel in het harnas" : met een essay over de Commune en een levensbericht over Louise Michel (reference)

  • Industrial Control Over the Socialist Town: Benevolence or Exploitation? (reference)

  • Betsy and Tacy Go over the Big Hill (Lovelace, Maud Hart, Betsy-Tacy Book, 3.) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Fitted Crib Sheet - Over the Moon (reference)

  • Musical Mobile - Over the Moon (reference)

  • Norpro Stainless Steel Over the Sink Colander (reference)

  • Hitachi M12V 3-1/4 HP Super Duty Electronic Variable Speed 1/2" Plunge Router with Accessory Package and Height Adjustment Knob over an $84.00 Value (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Image Slideshow: Over

Photos:
Over

More pictures...

Illustrations:
Over

More pictures...

Computer Images:
Over

More pictures...

Top     

Photo Album: Over

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Pictured is an attendant in a green lab coat, kneeling in an outdoor kennel pen. He is stroking one of the hogs in the pen with him and looking over the several other hogs in the pen. These animals are probably going to be used in an experiment. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured are two scientists conferring over a graph. They are in lab coats in an office setting. The new technology available to the scientists today plays an important role in providing them with needed detailed information. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is the country's critical epidemiology training service, combating the causes of major epidemics. Over the past 50 years, EIS officers have played pivotal roles in combating the root causes of major epidemics. Credit: CDC.

Front of Building 1, CDC,late 1980's. The front of Building 1 has changed over the last few decades. See PHIL_1073, and PHIL_1074 for more recent images. Credit: CDC.

Three ER-2 Aircraft in flight formation over Ames Research Center. Credit: NASA.

Most of the eastern U.S. was cloud free October 11.  Such widespread cloudlessness in this part of the world is rare. These clear skies are associated with a region of high pressure over the eastern central U.S. Credit: NASA.

Largest-Ever Ozone Hole Observed Over Antarctica. Credit: NASA.

SR-71 Over Snow Capped Mountains. Credit: NASA.

Apollo 16 Command and Service Module Over the Moon. Credit: NASA.

The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright; young star clusters bursting to life in ... Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Top     

Digital Photo Gallery: Over
 

"Over the edge" by Becky
Commentary: "Just a picture of my shoes."
"Sunrise Over Lake Michigan" by Samy Yang
Commentary: "I took this picture from my car while on my way to work one morning in summer. I saw the sunrise, thought it was beautiful, whipped out my camera and prayed the road was clear, then took the picture while the car was moving. It turned out better than I"

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Top     

Sounds Captioned with "Over".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Clarinet solo over a string drone with a hammered dulcimer at the end.High keyboard glissando over a groove backbeat synthesized rhythm section.
A chordal guitar solo over a synthesized drone.A smooth jazz piece with flute playing over a walking bass line.
Keyboard glissando over a Caribbean-influenced melody and rhythm section.A tenor saxophone solo over a conga and piano jazz accompaniment.
Electric guitar melody over an ostinato wooden drum.Chordal harmony ascending over a bass drone by synthesized strings.
Lots of small high percussion dominate over a repeated synthesized melody.Low bass and minor melody over a syncopated almost techno style percussion. .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Familiar Quotations: Over

AuthorQuotation

Cervantes

I'll turn over a new leaf.

Dan Cook

The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.

Frantois Rabelais

Draw the curtain, the fraud is over.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Friends applaud, the comedy is over.
Applaud friends, the comedy is over.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The only victory over love is flight.

Petronius

He has gone over to the majority.

Thomas B. Aldrich

The ocean moans over dead men's bones.

William Shakespeare

Happy in that we are not over happy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Historic Usage: Over

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

We will not retain beyond one year and one day, the lands those who have been convicted of felony, and the lands shall thereafter be handed over to the lords of the fiefs. (reference)

John Locke

1690

First, It is plain he gets no power by his conquest over those that conquered with him. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Declaration of Independence

1776

We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. (reference)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 6: No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

This power is expressly extended to all cases arising under the laws of the United States; and, consequently, in some form, may be exercised over the present case; because the right claimed is given by a law of the United States. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the whole surface of the globe. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Principal Allied and Associated Powers will hand over the said territories to Denmark. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

In those days there were high hopes and unbounded confidence that the wars were over, and that the League of Nations would become all-powerful. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

American courts have since labored with the doctrine for over half a century. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Use in Literature: Over

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

They were looking over views in Swisserland

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

But it was soon over.

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Scrooge went to bed again, and thought, and thought, and thought it over and over and over, and could make nothing of it.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

"This must be Thursday", said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

He could not but recall how feebly, and with what frequent pauses for breath, he had toiled over the same ground, only two days before

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

About this hill the balls ricocheted over the paved road up to Napoleon

Absalom and Achitophel

John Dryden

So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Jack Lawton looked over from his side

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Once over the line maybe you can pick cotton in the fall

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The seamen at their landing observed my canoe, and rummaging it all over, easily conjectured that the owner could not be far off.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Non-Fiction Usage: Over

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

But over the years it can steal your sight. (references)

A therapist places a patch over the muscles. (references)

A dominant allele prevails over a normal allele. (references)

Business

The conviction rate is over 90 percent. (references)

Over 50 indigenous languages are spoken. (references)

Spain ranks second with over 2.4 million. (references)

Children

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Over 98 percent of children complete school. (references)

Afghanistan

In a few areas, over 50 percent of students reportedly were girls. (references)

Georgia

Free health care is available only for children over the age of 3 years. (references)

Civil Liberties

Denmark

Over 200 private and public radio stations broadcast. (references)

Chile

Debate continued over the CNT's role during the year. (references)

Singapore

The ban was upheld over an appeal submitted by the local distributor. (references)

Discrimination

Burkina Faso

Minority ethnic groups, like the majority Mossi, are represented in the inner circles of the Government, and government decisions do not favor one group over another. (references)

Papua New Guinea

Skirmishes and conflicts tend to be based on disputes between clans over issues such as boundaries, land ownership, injuries, and insults suffered by one clan at the hands of another; they are not ethnically based. (references)

Tonga

Social, cultural, and economic facilities are available to all citizens regardless of race or religion; however, members of the hereditary nobility have substantial advantages, including control over most land and a generally privileged status. (references)

Economic History

Sweden

Over 8% of GDP is invested in ICT. (references)

Pakistan

Pakistan has over 120 daily newspapers. (references)

Fiji

Age structure: 33% under 15, 4% over 65. (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

Cases start over when an attorney changes. (references)

Azerbaijan

The judge presides over and directs trials. (references)

Cameroon

The shooting followed a quarrel over authority issues. (references)

Indigenous People

Canada

Court cases also continue in Quebec over timber resources. (references)

Mexico

In 1995 INI estimated the indigenous population to be just over 10 million persons. (references)

Australia

In real terms, the Government increased funding for Aboriginal benefits by 5 percent over the previous fiscal year. (references)

Minorities

Romania

Illiteracy among Roma over 45 years of age approaches 30 percent. (references)

Bulgaria

Some parents withdrew their children from school over the incident. (references)

Ethiopia

The clashes often result from disputes over water and grazing rights. (references)

Political Economy

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Some debts are over ten years old. (references)

Sudan

Local chiefs usually preside over traditional courts. (references)

Uzbekistan

There is effective civilian control over the military. (references)

Political Rights

Jamaica

All citizens age 18 and over have the right to vote by secret ballot. (references)

Croatia

Citizens over 18 years of age have the right to vote by secret ballot. (references)

Niger

Citizens 18 years of age and over can vote, and voting is by secret ballot. (references)

Trade

India

Over 10 percent of non-priority loans are non-performing. (references)

Guatemala

The five largest banks account for over 45 percent of all assets. (references)

Japan

In FY 1999, Japanese consumers held over 226 million credit cards. (references)

Travel

Nicaragua

Public phones operate all over the country. (references)

Egypt

A non-stop Turbino train takes just over 2 hours. (references)

Latvia

ATMs are available all over the city and in most of towns. (references)

Women

Bahamas

Some inheritance laws also favor men over women. (references)

Canada

Women head over 85 percent of single-parent households. (references)

Bangladesh

Villagers handed the victim's husband over to the police. (references)

Worker Rights

Oman

Work sites with over 100 employees must have a nurse. (references)

Guinea-Bissau

The law does not favor UNTGB-affiliated unions over others. (references)

China

Workers appear to favor to arbitration over workplace mediation. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top     

Spoken Usage: Over

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Al Hunt

Mr. Ambassador, those UNSCOM comments were of course four years ago. There are those who think that Iraq has developed significantly weapons over those four years.

Art Linkletter

Being over the hill is better than being under it.

Dennis Miller

You had your day, but it's over.

James Van Praagh

I do spiritual tours all over the world with people. They come with me. We go to Brazil. We go to Brazil in March.

Liza Minnelli

My faith in God and in God through people and I believe that mother Mary watches over me as well as my own mom.

Lynne Cheney

Oh, it's such a big job, you know. And it gives you the scope to use all of the experience and the talent that you've developed over the years.

Robert Novak

Congressman, the homeland security bill is stalled in the Senate over the issue of government employee labor unions and how much power they should have.

Rush Limbaugh

That age of civility is over.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Speeches: Over

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.

John Adams

1797-1801Parliament has our consent to assume a jurisdiction over them.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Hundreds of millions of people all over the world now agree with us, that we need not have war--that we can have peace.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963For the Soviet-Chinese disagreement is over means, not ends.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974As a result they have been able to take over combat responsibilities from our American troops.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Over and over they told us they are not the party they were.

George Bush

1989-1993But our economy is still over twice as large as our closest competitor.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Last month, in our action over Iraq, our troops were superb.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Usage Frequency: Over

"Over" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 54.69% of the time. "Over" is used about 97,946 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Preposition (except "of")54.69%53,562161
Adverb (general)23.58%23,093381
Adverb (prepositional)20.61%20,184442
Noun (singular)0.92%9027,934
Adjective (general or positive)0.18%17423,577
Noun (proper)0.02%1980,337
                    Total100.00%97,946N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top     

Name Usage Frequency: Over

The following table summarizes the usage of "over" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
OverLast name20031,387
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top     

Derived & Related Names: Over

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "over".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
BaaliN/ABiblical

Lord over me

Baal-shalishaN/ABiblical

The god that presides over three

EbronahN/ABiblical

Passage over

GazezN/ABiblical

A passing over

HelephN/ABiblical

Passing over

IbriN/ABiblical

Passing over

Ije-abarimN/ABiblical

Of passers over

JehoadahN/ABiblical

Passing over

JoedN/ABiblical

Passing over

JogliN/ABiblical

Passing over

LaadahN/ABiblical

Passing over

PaseahN/ABiblical

Passing over

ProchorusN/ABiblical

He that presides over the choirs

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

Top     

Expressions: Over

Expressions using "over": aching all over act over smb.'s head ad head over heels advantage over agonize over agonize over smth. all is over All over all over again all over the all over the country all over the house all over the place all over the town all over the world arc over arch over ask over away over away over there balance carried over from last year balance to be carried over ball over bargain over be all over smb. be all over with one be at panic stations over smth. be at sixes and sevens over smth. be crusted over be head over ears in love be head over heels be hung over be left over be nearly over be over be over a barrel be over age be over head and ears in debt be over head and ears in love with be over smb. be over the hump be shaking all over be sore all over be trembling all over be victorious over smb. bebyggelse ud over skel bend over bend over backwards for smb. bend over one's work bending over bent over edge bent over his books bid over bid over smb. bind over blanch over blow over boil over boiling over bowl over brick over bridge over brim over bring over brood over brood over smth. brush over bubble over build over bump along over potholes buy over buy over the counter call over call over the coals call smb. over the coals calling over can go over cant over carry over carrying over cast a chill over cast a damp over cast a damp over smth. cast a glamour over cast a gloom over cast a gloom over smb. cast a shadow over cast a spell over catch over cement over change over check over chew over clamber over a wall climb over climb over a wall close over cloud over clouded over cogitate over come over. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "over": over-abound, over-abrasive, over-absorbed, over-abstract, over-abstraction, over-abstractions, over-abundance, over-abundant, over-academic, over-accustomed, over-achieve, over-achievement, over-achiever, over-achievers, over-achieving, over-act, over-acted, over-action, over-active, over-activity, over-adjusted, over-administered, over-administration, over-adventurous, over-affectionate, over-age, over-aggressive, over-aggressiveness, over-all, over-aller, over-allocation, over-allocations, over-alls, over-altruism, over-ambition, over-ambitions, over-ambitious, over-ambitiously, over-amorous, over-amplification, over-anaesthetised, over-analysed, over-analysing, over-and-under, over-another, over-anticipate, over-anxiety, over-anxious, over-anxiously, over-application, over-applied, over-apply, over-appreciation, over-apprehension, over-approbation, over-arching, over-arm, over-aroused, over-arranged, over-as, over-asserting, over-assertive, over-assertiveness, over-assessment, over-assisting, over-attached, over-attachment, over-attention, over-attentive, over-audacious, over-average, over-awed, over-balance, over-balanced, over-balances, over-balancing, over-banked, over-bearing, over-bearingly, over-beat, over-bedding, over-benefits, over-bent, over-bleaching, over-blessed, over-blown, over-boiled, over-bold, over-boldly, over-boldness, over-bombarded, over-booked, over-borrow, over-borrowed, over-borrowing, over-bound, over-breath, over-breathing, over-bred, over-breeding, over-bridge, over-bright, over-brightly, over-brimming, over-broked, over-browning, over-brusque, over-budget, over-built, over-bundled, over-burdened, over-burdensome, over-bureaucratic, over-bureaucratization, over-burgeoning, over-busy, over-buy, over-buying, over-call, over-candid, over-canvased, over-capacity, over-capitalised, over-capitalization, over-capitalized, over-carbonated, over-careful, over-carefully, over-carpeted, over-cautioned, over-cautious, over-cautiously, over-cautiousness, over-celebrated, over-celebrating, over-censorious, over-centralisation, over-centralised, over-centralized, over-centre, over-cerebral, over-challenged, over-charge, over-charged, over-charging, over-chastisement, over-chatty, over-check, over-chill, over-chummy, over-circuitous, over-clad, over-clarity, over-clear, over-close, over-clubbed, over-clubbing, over-clubs, over-clumsy, over-coat, over-coated, over-coating, over-coats, over-cohesive, over-cohesiveness, over-collateralization, over-collectivized, over-color, over-colour, over-coloured, over-come, over-commercialisation, over-commercialised, over-commit, over-commitment, over-committed, over-committing, over-compassionate, over-compensate, over-compensated, over-compensating, over-compensation, over-competitive, over-complex, over-complexity, over-complicated, over-complication, over-concentrate, over-concentrating, over-concentration, Over-conceptual, over-concern, over-concerned, over-conditioning, over-confidence, over-confident, over-congested, over-conscientious, over-conscious, over-consideration, over-consolidated, over-consolidation, over-conspicuous, over-consuming, over-consumption, over-contentious, over-contrast, over-contributions, over-control, over-controlled, over-cooked, over-cooking, over-cooks, over-cooling, over-cooperative, over-copied, over-correct, over-corrected, over-correction, over-costly, over-cosy, over-count, over-critical, over-criticism, over-cropping, over-crowded, over-crowding, over-cultivation, over-cup, over-daubed, over-decentralized, over-declamatory, over-decorated, over-decoration, over-defined, over-definition, over-deliberate, over-delicate, over-delivered, over-demanding, over-dense, over-densify, over-dependence, over-dependency, over-dependent, over-deployed, over-deployment, over-design, over-designed, over-detailed, over-determined, over-determines, over-determining, over-develop, over-developed, over-developing, over-development, over-diagnosed, over-diagrammatic, over-disclosing, over-disclosure, over-discount, over-distension, over-distortion, over-distributed, over-do, over-dogmatic, over-doing, over-dominant, over-done, over-door, over-doses, over-dramatic, over-dramatise, over-dramatised, over-dramatising, over-dramatize, over-dramatizes, over-dramatizing, over-draw, over-drawing, over-drawn, over-dress, over-dressed, over-dresses, over-dressing, over-drinking, over-drive, over-drivers, over-dry, over-drying, over-dubbed, over-due, over-duplication, over-eager, over-eagerness, over-earnest, over-earnestly, over-ears, over-easy, over-eat, over-eaters, over-eatin', over-eating, over-edited, over-educate, over-educated, over-efficient, over-effusive, over-egg, over-egged, over-eighties, over-elaborate, over-elaboration, over-eloquent, over-embalmed, over-embalming, over-embellish, over-embellished, over-embellishment, over-embroidered, over-embroiders, over-emotional, over-emphases, over-emphasis, over-emphasise, over-emphasised, over-emphasises, over-emphasize, over-emphasized, over-emphasizes, over-emphasizing, over-emphatic, over-emphatically, over-employing, over-employment, over-enamoured, over-energetic, over-energized, over-engage, over-engineered, over-engineering, over-enjoyed, over-enriched, over-enrichment, over-enthusiasm, over-enthusiastic, over-enthusiastically, over-enthusing, over-equipped, over-estimate, over-estimated, over-estimates, over-estimating, over-estimation, over-exaggerated, over-exaggerating, over-exaggeration, over-excitability, over-excitable, over-excite, over-excited, over-excitement, over-exciting, over-exercise, over-exercised, over-exert, over-exerted, over-exertion, over-exhausted, over-exhaustion, over-exhuberance, over-expand, over-expanded, over-expansion, over-expansive, over-expensive, over-explicit, over-exploit, over-exploitation, over-exploited, over-exploitive, over-expose, over-exposed, over-exposing, over-exposure, over-expressed, over-expression, over-extend, over-extended, over-extending, over-extends, over-extension, over-extensions, over-extraction, over-extreme, over-exuberance, over-exuberant, over-familiar, over-familiarity, over-farming, over-fashionable, over-fastidiousness, over-fatigue, over-fatness, over-featured, over-fed, over-feeding, over-fertilise, over-fertilization, over-fifties, over-fill, over-filled, over-fills, over-filmed, over-fine, over-fished, over-fishing, over-fitness, over-fitted, over-fives, over-flattering, over-fleshed, over-florid, over-flourished, over-flowed, over-flowing, over-flying, over-focusing, over-fond, over-fondness, over-forcibly, over-formulaic, over-forties, over-fragmentation, over-frequent, over-fresh, over-friendly, over-full, over-funded, over-funding, over-furnished, over-fussy, Over-garment, over-geared, over-gearing, over-general, over-generalisation, over-generalised, over-generalises, over-generalization, over-generalizing, over-generated, over-generation, over-generosity, over-generous, over-generously, over-gentle, over-gilding, over-gown, over-grand, over-granulating, over-grassed, over-grazed, over-grazing, over-greased, over-greasy, over-green, over-groomed, over-grow, over-growing, over-grown, over-hand, over-handing, over-handling, over-hanging, over-happy, over-hard, over-harsh, over-harvested, over-hastily, over-hasty, over-haul, over-hauling, over-head, over-heard, over-hearing, over-heated, over-heating, over-heavily, over-heavy, over-hedged, over-high, over-hit, over-horsed, over-hunting, over-hype, over-hyped, over-i, over-idealised, over-identification, over-identified, over-identify, over-identifying, over-ideologisation, over-imagination, over-imaginative, over-imbibed, over-impress, over-impressed, over-impulsive, over-indebted, over-indebtedness, over-index, over-indexation, over-indexed, over-indexing, over-individualistic, over-indulge, over-indulged, over-indulgence, over-indulgent, over-indulging, over-industrialised, over-inflammable, over-inflated, over-inflation, over-influence, over-influenced, over-in-love, over-inquisitive, over-insisted, over-insistence, over-insistent, over-institutional, over-insulation, over-insurable, over-insured, over-integrating, over-intellectual, over-intense, over-intensive, over-interested, over-interfere, over-interpretation, over-interpreted, over-interprets, over-intrusive, over-invention, over-invest, over-investing, over-investment, over-invoice, over-invoicing, over-involved, over-involvement, over-irritable, over-issued, over-judicial, over-keen, over-kill, over-kind, over-kind-hearted, over-kindly, over-knead, over-knee, over-laden, over-lapped, over-lapping, over-large, over-lavish, over-layered, over-layers, over-leaning, over-learning, over-legislating, over-leisurely, over-length, over-lengthy, over-leveraging, over-liberal, over-liberalism, over-liberalization, over-life-sized, over-light, over-lightly, over-literalness, over-liveried, over-load, over-loaded, over-loading, over-logical, over-long, over-looked, over-looking, over-lords, over-lordship, over-loud, over-loudly, over-loyal, over-lunch, over-luxuriant, over-made-up, over-makes, over-managed, over-manned, over-mannered, over-manning, over-many, over-mapping, over-marked, over-mascara, over-match, over-matey, over-mature, over-maturity, over-mauled, over-maximization, over-measure, over-metallised, over-meticulous, over-meticulousness, over-mighty, over-mineralization, over-modelled, over-modest, over-modulated, over-morphinisation, over-much, over-naive, over-naively, over-negative, over-nice, over-night, over-noisy, over-nor, over-obsequious, over-obsessed, over-obsession, over-obvious, over-occupancy, over-occupies, over-officered, over-officious, over-officiousness, over-oil, over-optimism, over-optimistic, over-optimistically, over-ordered, over-ordering, over-orderly, over-organising, over-ornate, over-packaged, over-packaging, over-packed, over-paid, over-paint, over-painted, over-painting, over-pampered, over-Panamax, over-pan-fried, over-parameterised, over-particular, over-passes, over-paternalized, over-payment, over-pedalled, over-peopled, over-perfectly, over-permissive, over-persistent, over-personal, over-personalised, over-persuade, over-persuaded, over-persuading, over-petted, over-physical, over-piety, over-pitch, over-pitched, over-placement, over-planted, over-play, over-played, over-pleased, over-plush, over-polarized, over-policed, over-polished, over-polite, over-politicised, over-pompous, over-ponderously, over-popular, over-populate, over-populated, over-population, over-positive, over-possessive, over-pot, over-powdered, over-powered, over-powerful, over-powering, over-praising, over-precepted, over-precipitate, over-precise, over-predation, over-prediction, over-predicts, over-preoccupation, over-preoccupied, over-preparation, over-prepared, over-prescribed, over-prescribing, over-prescription, over-prescriptive, over-pressed, over-pressure, over-pressurized, over-pressurizing, over-priced, over-pricing, over-prim, over-printed, over-privileged, over-privileging, over-prized, over-probing, over-process, over-processed, over-processing, over-produce, over-produced, over-producers, over-producing, over-production, over-productive, over-professionalised, over-profitability, over-profitable, over-proliferation, over-promoted, over-promotion, over-pronators, over-prone, over-proofed, over-prosperous, over-protect, over-protected, over-protection, over-protective, over-protectiveness, over-proud, over-provide, over-provided, over-provided-for, over-provision, over-psychologization, over-pumping, over-pursuit, over-qualified, over-quantification, over-racing, over-radical, over-ran, over-rapid, over-rarefied, over-rate, over-rated, over-rates, over-ratin', over-rationalistic, over-reach, over-reached, over-reaching, over-react, over-reacted, over-reacting, over-reaction, over-reactive, over-read, over-readiness, over-reading, over-ready, over-record, over-recorded, over-recording, over-recruited, over-refine, over-refined, over-refinement, over-regard, over-regarded, over-regularisation, over-regularizations, over-regularize, over-regulate, over-regulated, over-regulation, over-regulatory, over-relaxed, over-reliable, over-reliance, over-reliant, over-religiosity, over-rely, over-report, over-reported, over-reporting, over-represent, over-representation, over-representative, over-represented, over-reputable, over-rescued, over-resonantly, over-resourced, over-respectful, over-rested, over-restoration, over-restored, over-restoring, over-restraining, over-restriction, over-restrictive, over-retention, over-revved, over-rewarded, over-ribboned, over-rich, over-ridden, over-ride, over-rides, over-riding, over-ridingly, over-rigid, over-rigorous, over-rim, over-ringing, over-ripe, over-risky, over-rivet, over-robust, over-rode, over-rolling, over-romantic, over-romanticise, over-romanticised, over-romanticized, over-roofing, over-rotten, over-rouged, over-r-r-rl, over-rudder, over-ruddering, over-rugs, over-rule, over-ruled, over-ruling, over-run, over-running, over-runs, over-salinated, over-salting, over-sampled, over-sanctioned, over-sanguine, over-sanitised, over-sauced, over-saving, over-saw, over-scale, over-scaled, over-scattered, over-schematic, over-scientific, over-scrawled, over-scripted, over-scrupulous, over-sea, over-seal, over-seas, over-secretion, over-secretive, over-seeing, over-seen, over-selection, over-selfish, over-selling, over-sensationalised, over-sensibility, over-sensitive, over-sensitivity, over-sentencing, over-sentimental, over-serious, over-seventies, over-severe, over-sexed, over-sexiness, over-shadow, over-shadowed, over-sharing, over-shirt, over-shooting, over-shoulder-high, over-shrewd, over-simple, over-simplification, over-simplifications, over-simplified, over-simplifies, over-simplify, over-simplifying, over-simplistic, over-sixties, over-sixty, over-sixty-year-olds, over-size, over-sized, over-sizing, over-skirt, over-sleepiness, over-slowly, over-smoke, over-smooth, over-snow, over-soaking, over-soaping, over-socialised, over-socialized, over-soft, over-softening, over-sold, over-solicitous, over-solicitousness, over-soon, over-sophisticated, over-specialisation, over-specialised, over-specialization, over-specialized, over-specific, over-specification, over-speeding, over-spenders, over-spending, over-spendings, over-spent, over-spiced, over-spiritualized, over-spiritualizing, over-splendid, over-spraying, over-square, over-staffed, over-staffing, over-stamped, over-standardisation, over-stark, over-stated, over-statement, over-states, over-stating, over-stepped, over-stimulate, over-stimulated, over-stimulates, over-stimulating, over-stimulation, over-stimulus, over-stocked, over-stocking, Over-story, over-strain, over-strained, over-straining, over-strenuous, over-stress, over-stressed, over-stressing, over-stretch, over-stretched, over-stretches, over-stretching, over-strict, over-stringent, over-strong, over-structured, over-structuring, over-strung, over-study, over-stuffed, over-stuffing, over-styled, over-stylised, over-subjective, over-subscribed, over-subscription, over-subsidise, over-subtle, over-supination, over-supplemented, over-supplied, over-supply, over-support, over-suppression, over-suspension, over-suspicious, over-swaddled, over-sweet, over-sweet-anemone, over-sweetness, over-swing, over-swinging, over-sympathetically, over-systematic, over-tailored, over-take, over-taking, over-talkative, over-talking, over-taxation, over-taxed, over-taxing, over-technical, over-tensed, over-that, over-the, over-the-air, over-the-benny-hill, over-the-calf, over-the-counter, over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter medication, over-the-counter medicine, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter stocks, over-the-counter(OTC)derivative, over-the-counter-medicines, over-the-desk, over-the-glasses, over-the-head, over-the-hill, over-the-horizon, over-the-knee, over-the-moon, over-the-neck, over-theoretical, over-the-phone, over-the-shoulder, over-the-shoulder bombing, over-the-telephone, over-thetop, over-the-top, over-the-topness, over-the-weekend, over-thickening, over-thin, over-thinning, over-thirties, over-threes, over-throw, over-thrown, over-thrust, over-tidy, over-tighten, over-tightened, over-tightening, over-time, over-tipped, over-tipping, over-tired, over-tiredness, over-titillated, over-tolerant, over-tones, over-top, over-topping, over-trading, over-trained, over-treatment, over-trebly, over-tried, over-trousers, over-trumped, over-trusting, over-tunic, over-tunics, over-turn, over-turned, over-turning, over-twangy, over-urbanisation, over-use, over-used, over-uses, over-using, over-utilisation, over-valuation, over-value, over-valued, over-valuing, over-varnished, over-venturesome, over-verbose, over-view, over-vigilance, over-vigorous, over-vigorously, over-violent, over-visible, over-voltage, over-washed, over-water, over-watering, over-weak, over-wealthy, over-weening, over-weight, over-weighted, over-whelming, over-willing, over-winter, over-wintered, over-wintering, over-winters, over-work, over-worked, over-working, over-wrap, over-wrapping, over-write, over-writing, over-written, over-wrote, over-wrought, over-yssel, over-zealous, over-zealously, over-zealousness.

Ending with "over": bent-over, binding-over, change-over, folded-over, held-over, hold-over, hung-over, left-over, leg-over, limited-over, make-over, once-over, pull-over, push-over, run-over, step-over, switch-over, taken-over, turn-over, up-and-over, voice-over, walk-over, washed-over, washing-over, wrap-over.

Containing "over": Grange-over-sands, head-over-heels, holy-place-from-over-the-great-water, one-over-par, six-over-par.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Over

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

six flag over georgia

2,369

get over it

230

six flag over texas

2,036

crossing over with john edward

225

voice over talent

722

18 adultsonlyclickyesifyou over vevax.com

225

voice over ip

710

over the rainbow

223

over weight

678

don dream its over t

213

bend over

619

cross over cable

192

one flew over the cuckoo nest

571

bent over

174

voice over

562

over 50

166

somewhere over the rainbow

500

bending over

165

bridge over troubled water

469

john edwards crossing over

164

over the hill

436

my friend over you

160

all over me

397

over sleep

153

link me all over

396

over weight child

147

crossing over

361

woman over 40

145

bridge lyrics over troubled water

321

painting over wallpaper

139

somewhere over the rainbow lyrics

311

aiken bridge clay over troubled water

131

come on over

304

six flag over mid america

131

18 i lookup.com over

265

coil over

129

over 40

246

make over

128

six flag over ga

239

moon over parador

115
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translation: Over

Language Translations for "over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

oor (about, above, after, behind, concerning, ear, more, more than, on, upon), bo (above, on top, overhead, upstairs). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

tepricë (margin, odd-come-short, overage, overbalance, overflow, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overstock, redundance, redundancy, remain, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residue, surplus, surplusage), sipër (above, aloft, overhead, supra, topside, up, upstair, upstairs), që ka post me të lartë, pranë (about, alongside, alongside of, beside, by, hard by, near, near at hand, nearby, next, next to, nigh, past, thereby), pas (after, against, at, back, behind, beyond, hence), pagesë suplementare (extra pay), përtej (above, across, athwart, below, beyond, past, trans, up), mbi (aboard, above, across, beyond, on, onto, up), matanë (across, athwart, below, beyond, in the opposite direction, on the other side of, past, trans), i tepruar (de trop, dispensable, disproportionate, exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fabulous, far gone, fulsome, heavy, immoderate, inordinate, lavish, profuse, redundant, undue, unreasonable), i tepërt (excess, excessive, excrescent, last, odd, overabundant, redundant, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, unnecessary, walloping, waste), i sipërm (overhead, top, upper), i bollshëm (affluent, ample, exuberant, fat, flush, fulsome, generous, good, hearty, heavy, lavish, liberal, man-sized, plenteous, plenty, profuse, spacious), gjatë (alone, along, by, down, during, for, in the course of, in the midst of, in the progress of, lengthwise, long, pending, through, throughout, whereas, while, whilst), fluturim (flight, migration, soaring, volatility, voyage). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏في كل مكان (anywhere, through, throughout), ‏فوق (above, across, atop, before, on, on top of, onto, overhead, up, upon, upstairs), ‏حتى (even, pending, than, till, to, until, unto, whenever, while), ‏زيادة (addition, augment, augmentation, boost, enhancement, excess, expansion, growing, increase, increment, overflow, overmuch, plethora, plus, raise, redundance, redundancy, rise, superfluity, top up), ‏عن طريق, ‏على طول كذا, ‏على طول (along, bee line, for ever, right, straight), ‏على الجانب الآخر من, ‏خلال (during, meantime, meanwhile, midst, through), ‏إلى جانبه, ‏بالقرب (near, within easy reach). (various references)

   

Aymara

  

alajha. (various references)

   

Basque

  

eskalatu (climb over to, scale to). (various references)

   

Breton

  

warn-ugent (over twenty). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

по-висок (higher), над (above, beyond, past, upward of, with), на другата страна (across), на (aboard, against, at, by, for, in, into, of, on, onto, per, to, unto, up, upon, with), за (about, after, against, at, for, for one's sake, for the sake of, in, of, off, on, pro-, re, to, touching, toward, towards, unto), прекомерен (exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, intense, undue), през цялото време (throughout), през (across, along, by, down, during, in, of, on, out, thro, through, throughout, thru, via), пре- (out-), до (alongside, as far as, at, beside, do, ere, next, next to, pending, prior to, to, until, unto), по-висш (superior), не се превежда (off, on, only, out, suppose, that, very, worse), по (about, according to, after, against, around, at, by, for, from, in, of, on, out, out of, per, round, through, to, up, upon), пак (again, anew, back, newly, next, over again), изцяло (all, altogether, clean, en bloc, entirely, in full, neck and crop, outright, right, sheer, through, through and through, totally, tread and thrum, whole-hog, wholly), извънредно (amain, exceedingly, extremely, immensely, mightily, mortally, most, notably, only too, overly, overtime, passing, remarkably, sorely, supremely, terrifically, ultra-, unco, unusually, utterly, vastly), извънреден (emergency, extra, occasional, relief, special, supernumerary, supplemental), из (about, among, amongst, around, from, round, through), допълнително (extra, further), допълнителен (accessary, accessorial, accidental, additional, additive, adjunct, complementary, contributory, excess, expletive, extra, extraordinary, farther, follow up, fresh, further, plus, pony, relief, side, subsidiary, supplementary, tributary), повече от (above, past, upward of), оттатък (across, behind, beyond, past, round), горен (above, overhead, right, upper), върху (at, on, onto, upon), във връзка с (in reference to, in respect to, with reference to, with respect to), външен (adventitious, adventive, exterior, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, formal, inorganic, ostentatious, outdoor, outer, out-of-door, outside, outward, overall, oversea, overseas, showy, surface), в течение на (along, pending, through, throughout), в остатък, в повече (extra, spare, surplus), останал (left, leftover, remanent, remaning, residual, residuary, stayed), навсякъде (about, abroad, all around, anywhere, around, at every turn, everywhere, high and low, right-and-left, throughout, wide), още веднъж (again, anew, over again), насам (along, downwards, here, hither, round, this way, thither, thitherwards), отгоре (above, from above, overhead, superiorly), отвъд (across, beyond, outside, past), относно (about, after, concerning, for, quoad, re, regarding, respecting, touching, vis-а-vis, with reference to, with regard to), отново (afresh, again, anew, back, more, newly, over again), от край до край (to the letter), от другата страна (across), от (at, by, ex-, for, from, in, of, off, on, out, out of, since, than, through, to, with), необичайно (strangely), край (about, abutment, border, by, close, closing, conclusion, country, curtains, death, dissolution, edge, end, ending, extremity, fag end, finale, finality, finish, flange, hem, issuance, issue, land, last, limb, limit, list, margin, off, on, outskirts, parts, past, period, point, quietus, region, rim, stop, surcease, tail, term, terminal, termination, truce, ultima thule, verge, wind up), особено (especially, notably, oddly, par excellence, particularly, peculiarly, specially). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

lliurar (hand, hand over), comprar (buy, purchase, take over, to buy). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

在之上 , 以上 (above, more than, the above-mentioned). (various references)

   

Czech

  

přes (above, across, beyond, by, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, past, through, via). (various references)

   

Danish

  

over (about, above, across, beyond, concerning, on, on the other side of, upon). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

over (abiding, about, above, across, after, away, behind, beyond, concerning, in, left, left over, more than, on, on the other side of, past, remaining, upon), klaar (bright, clear, clearly, completed, distinct, done, finished, light, obvious, plain, ready, through), beëindigd (completed, done, finished, through), afgewerkt (completed, done, finished, through, used), afgelopen (completed, done, finished, last, ready, through). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

super (above), pli ol (above, more than), finita (completed, done, finished, through). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

yvir (above). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

درسرتاسر, بالاءی (Superior, Upper), بالای (Above, In, On, Up), بالای سر (Above), بسوی دیگر, به انتهارسیدن , برفراز (Up, Upon), دربالا (Above, Atop), پیشوندی بمعنی زیادوزیاده وبیش , شفایافتن , روءی (Zincoid), روی (Aboard, In, On, Toward, Up, Upon, Zinc), ان طرف , متجاوزاز, پایان یافتن , بیرونی (Exterior, External, Out, Outdoor, Outer, Outward, Outwards). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yli (above, more than). (various references)

   

French

  

over, jusqu'à, au cours de, au delà de, au dessus de, au-dessus de, de l'autre côté, de son côté, deçà et delà (over here), dessus (overhead), encore (all over again), fini (it's all over), à vous, immodéré, tout près, long, par-dessus, partout, pendant, plus de, recouvrement (overlap, overlapping, overlay, overlay technique), série de six balles, sur (overhead), tout droit, flamé. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

dien (completed, done, finished, ready, through). (various references)

   

German

  

über (about, above, across, at, beyond, by, concerning, dabout, excess, for, of, on, on the other side of, past, sur, up above, upon, upward of, via), vorbei (all over, beyond, by, finished, gone, past, straight past), hinüber (across, beyond, on the other side of, over there), herüber (across, over here), aus (debarsschliesst, displaysgibt, for, from, of, off, out, out of, out of play, touch), übermäßig (disproportionate, effusive, effusively, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exuberant, exuberantly, immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, intense, overly, profuse, to excess, undue, unduly, unreasonably, violent). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πέρα (beyond), πάρα πολύ (a hell of a lot of, extremely, immensely, keenly, only too, too, very much), πάνω από (above), πάνω (onto, up), πλέον (more, most), υπέρ (for, in behalf of, in favour of, sur), υπεράνω (above, beyond, supra), επί (for, on), ακούει, από πάνω (above), αποπάνω (overhead), τελειομένοσ (through, thru), τελείωσε. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

sërish (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), prapë (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), përsëri (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), aty (at that place, over there, there, yon, yonder), ato (that, that over there, they, those), atje (at that place, over there, there, yon, yonder), ata (that, that over there, they, those), ajo (it, she, that, that over there, those), ai (he, it, that, that over there, those). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מעבר ל- (across, beyond, past), יותר (excess, more), לאורך (along, lengthwise), לגמרי (altogether, clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, neck and crop, out and out, quite, right, thoroughly, to the wide, totally, up to the hilt, utterly, wholly), שוב (afresh, again, anew, once more), עליון (chief, exalted, high, lofty, preeminent, preponderant, superior, supreme, top, upmost, upper), כליל (complete, completely, downright, entirely, out and out, passim, quite, stark, stiff, thoroughly, total, totally, utter, utterly, whole). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vége (be over, it's all over, out, the curtain falls, the end, to be at an end), felett (above, beyond, to lose one's hold over sg, to prevail over sy), felül (above, high, overhead, to get on, to mount, uppermost, upwards), át (across, across/through, by, through, via). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

yfir (above). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

membeku (become immobile, clot, congeal, congealed, dry, freeze, inflexible, rigid, unbending), kelewatan (abusive, excessive, overdo, overload), kelewat (above, excessive, passed by, surpassed, too), ganti (replacement, substitute), berlalu (be gone, overdue, pass by, past). (various references)

   

Irish

  

thar (across, beyond, on the other side of, through). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sopra (above, across, at the top, atop, hyper, o'er, of, on, on to, on top, on top of, top, up, upon, via), finito (accomplished, along, bygone, completed, done, finished, finite, gone, kaput, out, through), terminato (completed, done, finished, through, up). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

越し (across, beyond), 残す (to, to bequeath, to leave behind, to save), (more than), 以上  (exceeding, greater than, more than, this is all), 以上 (above, and up, as long as, beyond, exceeding, greater than, more than, since, the above-mentioned, the end, this is all), オートマチック車 (autoload, auto-manipulator, automat, automatic camera for detecting and recording speeding vehicles, automatic repeat, automatic return, automatic reverse, automatic transmission car, automation, automaton, automobile, autoracing, auto-raise, awning, ball hit over the head of an outfielder, convertible, eau de toilette, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, hors d'oeuvre, oatmeal, OB, ode, old boy, open, open account, open caption, open course, open game, open golf, open sandwich, open side, open system, open toaster, open-air, open-end mortgage, opener, opening, opening game, opening number, orb, orbiter, ornament, out-of-bounds, oven, oven toaster, over doctor, over fence, over par, overaction, overall, overblouse, overbooking, overborrowing, overcharge, overcoat, overdraft, overdrive, overdub, overflow, overhand, overhand pass, overhand throw, overhang, overhaul, overhaul net, overhead, overhead pass, overhead projector, overheat, overkill, overlap, overlay, overload, overloading, overloan, overnight, overnight bag, overnight photo service, overpace, overpresence, overproof, override, overrun, overshoes, overskill, overslide, overstep, overtime, overture, overweight, overwork, overwrite, overzone, owner, owner system, owner-driver, owner-pilot, self-locking, water of life), 上  (above, on top of, up, upper part), (a superior, aboard a ship or vehicle, above, after, as a matter of, as far as ... is concerned, authority, besides, best, emperor, far better, first volume, from the standpoint of, going up, government, governmental, head, high class, higher, imperial, influence of, lord, my dear, on top of, outer, presenting, shogun, showing, sovereign, summit, superior, superior quality, surface, the above, top, up, upon, upper, upper part, upper part of the body, upper stream, upward). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

うえ (above, after, as far as ... is concerned, authority, besides, emperor, far better, higher, hunger, influence of, lord, my dear, on top of, shogun, sovereign, starvation, summit, superior, surface, up, upon, upper part), いじょう (aberration, abnormality, above, accident, and up, as long as, assignment, beyond, change, disorder, enclosure, exceeding, greater than, more than, since, something wrong, strangeness, surrounding, the above-mentioned, the end, this is all, transfer, transferring to), ごし (across, beyond, commerce, the evolution of the usage of a word, the five fingers, trade), オーバー (ball hit over the head of an outfielder, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, overcoat), オーバ , (age, generation, more than, society, world). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

넘어서. (various references)

   

Lombard

  

ancamò (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

   

Luganda

  

ku (at, on the, over the, to). (various references)

   

Luxembourgish

  

iwwert, iwwer. (various references)

   

Malagasy

  

tafandria (stay over night). (various references)

   

Malay

  

pula (afresh, again, all over again, anew), lagi (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

   

Manx

  

snaie daa cheayrt, noon (hence, please turn over, PTO, thither, thither from speaker, yonder), noal (across, from beyond, hence, hither, homewards), harrish (above, across, beyond, bygone, over him, trans), erskyn (above, additionally, aloft, ultra), ec kione (finished), breish. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

over (about, above, concerning, on, upon). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

escala(da)r (climb over, scale). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

ariba (above, on, on top, overhead, up, uphill, upon, upstairs, upwards). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

overay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

od nowa (afresh, again, all over again, anew), zostawać (abide, remain, stay, stay over), znowu (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), zakup (acquisition, buy, purchase, taking over), wręczać (hand, hand over), tamto (that, that over there, those), tam (at that place, over there, there, yon, yonder), przekazać (convey, hand, hand over, pass), przeczytać ponownie (read again, read over again, re-read), ponownie (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), podawać (hand, hand over), kupno (acquisition, buy, purchase, taking over), kupić (buy, purchase, take over). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sobre (about, above, across, at par, atop, of, on, on top of, over-, super, to, up, upon), superior (above, ascendant, atop, better, bettor, chief, choice, classy, crack-a-jack, gentle, high, master, olympian, pre-eminent, premium, select, supreme, towering, transcendent, upper). (various references)

   

Quechua

  

jaqaypi (over there). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

peste (above, across, after, beyond, through, upwards of), deasupra (above, across, overhead). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

над (above), на (a, against, at, by, for, for !мес!, in, inside, into, on, onto, per, to, toward, towards, upon, upwards, within). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

os (above, an elk, in the phrs. : os cionn, overhead : os àird, publicly, quoth), thall (over yonder, yonder), thairis (over : thairis air, over him), nunn (beyond, thither, to the other side), null (in the phr. : a null. See <A HREF="mf09.html#nunn">nunn</A>), far-, all-. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

više (above, longer, more, plus, rather, several, upward), višak (excess, overage, overbalance, over-measure, overrun, surplus, surplusage), svršen (finished, out, perfect), pri (at, in, near, on, towards), preko (across, beyond, on, out of, through, trans, upward of, via), po (according to, after, around, by, during, for, in, on, per, through), nad (above), još jednom, iznad (above, beyond, up above, upward), gotov (completed, finished, officinal, prepared, prompt, ready, ready made, through), gornji (above, overhead, supernal, top, upper). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

encima de (above, atop, besides, in addition to, on, on top of, onto, over and above, up, upon), terminado (accomplished, all up, arrant, closed, completed, discontinued, done, finished, landed, lost, ready, through, up). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

wakti (advert, guard, keep, look after, pay attention, pay attention to, watch out for, watch over), tan (abide, remain, stay, stay over), sosey (over there, yon, yonder), fika (abide, remain, stay, stay over), bay (buy, purchase, take over), baka (afresh, again, all over again, anew, back, bake, once more), agen (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), adyen (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

juu ya (above, across from, against, in exchange for, on, opposed to, opposite, upon). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

över (about, above, across, after, beyond, concerning, of, on, past, through, throughout, upon, via), (about, across, at, away, because of, by, concerning, for, for sake of, forth, in, of, off, on, on account of, owing to, through, to, toward, towards, unto, upon, with). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

sa ibábaw (above, on, on top, overhead, upon, upstairs). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ในช่วง, เกี่ยวกับ (on, regarding), เหนือ, ที่จบสิ้น, อีกครั้ง (anew), ตลอดทั้งหมด, ตลอด (ever), ข้าม, มากกว่า (rather). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

üstüne (atop, atop of, nothing like, onto), aracılığı ile (by the agency of, per, through the agency of), altını üstüne, adamakıllı (greatly, head over heels, Plumb, profound, proper, properly, regularly, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wide, widely, with a vengeance), aşkın (out, transcendental, ultra), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent), üzerine (above, onto, upon), çok (a great number of, a lot, a whale of, a whale of a lot, abounding, abundant, acres and acres, affluent, ample, awfully, badly, big, bloody, countless, damned, darned, dead, deadly, deeply, enormously, ever so, exuberant, fair, fantastically, galore, good, greatly, heaps of, heartily, hearty, heavily, heavy, hell, hell of, helluva, highly, innumerable, jolly, largely, lavish, like hell, loads of, lot, lots of, many, molto, more, much, multi-, multitudinous, numerous, piping, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plenty of, poly-, precious, pretty, prodigal, profuse, rank, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, so, some, sorely, spanking, strongly, such, thundering, tidy, too, umpteen, umpteenth, umptieth, vast, vastly, very, well, whaling, whopping), üzerinde (above, on, super-, upon), bitmiş (all over, all up, at an end, exhausted, finished, out, run down, spent, used up), üstünde (about, above, atop, atop of, on, super-, supra-, sur-, whereon), üstün (above, ascendant, ascendent, atop, atop of, choice, distingue, excellent, extra, golden, high, hyper-, predominant, pre-eminencent, preponderant, super, super-, super-duty, superior, supra-, transcendent, unsurpassed, up), öteye (beyond, farther, further), ötede (beyond, further, further on, yon), öte (above, beyond, further, meta-, trans-), öbür tarafa (round), çok fazla (damn, devilish, excessively, exorbitant, far too much, immoderate, like blazes, mightily, oodles of, overmuch, plethoric, superabundant, too many, too much), üzerinden (via), her yerinden, yüksek (above, acro-, buoyant, Clarion, elevated, exalted, high, highrise, hyper-, lofty, loud, penetrating, penetrative, spheric, stately, superior, tall), tersine (against the grain, athwart, backward, backwards, contrarily, contrariwise, conversely, crisscross, inversely, per contra, retro-), tepesinde (up), tekrar (afresh, again, all over, all over again, anew, encore, once more, over again, re-, recap, recapitulation, recurrence, reiteration, repeat, repetition, review), sona ermiş (at an end, finished), karşıya (across, across the street, to the other side), kalan (arrears, balance, left behind, leftover, remainder, remaining, residual, residuary, residue, residuum, rest, rump, surviving, vestigial), başkasına, her yerine, baştan sona (altogether, entirely, from a to izzard, from soup to nuts, thro, through, throughly, thru), hakkında (about, as regards, concerning, in re, in the matter of, out of, re, regarding, relating to, respecting, round, touching), gereğinden fazla (excrescent, more than enough, overmuch, redundant, superabundant, unnecessary), geçkin (faded, gone, over age), fazla (big, de trop, excess, excessive, extra, in excess of, much, out, rising of, spare, super-, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, thick, too, unneedful), daha (any, more, only, still, yet), boyunca (all along, along, down, in the course of, livelong, pending, round, throughout), yine (again, still), iyice (clean, complete, completely, fair, fully, goodish, jolly well, proper, properly, quite, rather good, thoroughly, tolerable, tolerably, well, wide, widely). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

ьstaюyr (about, at). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

зайвий (excessive, excrescent, needless, nimious, odd, otiose, redundant, spare, superfluous, surplus), пере- (over-, super-, supra-), переліт снаряда, перехід на прийом, по (about, against, along, around, by, o'er, on, round), понад (above, aloft, beyond, o'er, past), про (about, after, against, concerning, o'er, of, on), про- (out, over-, pro-), протягом (during, for, in, long, o'er, pending, through, within), піді- (over-), більше (a sight more, better, more, o'er, upward, upwards), лишок (overage, overplus, surplus, surplusage), а то й більше, доплата (surcharge), зайвина (exuberance, exuberancy, overabundance, overage, overflow, overplus, plethora, satiety), щодо (anent, apropos, as, as concerns, as for, as regards, as to, concerning, in regard to, in relation to, in respect of, o'er, of, pertaining to, quoad, re, regarding, respecting, toward, towards, with regard to, with respect to), знову (afresh, again, anew, any, back, more, new, newly, next, round), над (above, aloft, atop, beyond, o'er, on), надлишок (excess, glut, nimiety, overage, overbalance, overflow, overmeasure, overplus, redundance, redundancy, spillover, superfluity, surfeit), надмірний (exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, fulsome, immoderate, outrageous, overabundant, overdue, plethoric, prodigal, profuse, racking, steep, superabundant, undue, unlimited, unreasonable), нагорі (above, atop, overhead, up, uppermost, upstairs), нагору (above, aloft), вишестоящий, вищий (higher, upper), вище (above, beyond, higher, o'er, supra, up), верхній (headmost, obverse, overhead, suzerain, top, upper), через (about, across, among, amongst, aslant, because of, by, by way of, down, for, from, in, o'er, owing to, per, seeing, thanks to, through, throughout, via), ще раз (against, anew, bis, once and again, once more), за- (out, over-, pro-). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nghiêng (askew, asquint, sideling, skew, slant, slanting, slantways, slantwise, slopewise, sloping), ở trên trên khắp, cái thêm vào, cao hơn ở ngoài hơn nhiều hơn, cẩn thận qua, hơn từ đầu đến cuối, kỹ lưỡng (close, elaborate, elaborately, minutely, scrutinizingly, searching, thorough), khắp chỗ, khắp nơi ngược lần nữa, ở khắp hơn, ngửa qua, xong hết, nhiều hơn qua, phải lòng ai, quá qua, sang (knowing, nobby, primp, tony), sang khắp, say ai từ bên này đến bên kia, trên (odd, on, upper), trên hơn, xong, lại quá. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

uwch (above, higher), trosodd (across, beyond), tros (for, instead of, on behalf of), tra (very, while), goruwch (above), ar (at, on, upon). (various references)

   

Xhosa

  

ngaphaya. (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

p'atal (abide, remain, stay, stay over), manik (buy, purchase, take over), ka'teen (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-thenga (buy, purchase, take over), sala (abide, remain, stay, stay over), lapho (at that place, over there, there, yon, yonder), -hlala (abide, remain, sit, stay, stay over). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Ancestral Language Translations: Over

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

conloquebantur, conloquentes, conloquere, conloqui, decidam, decidant, decidat, decidens, decidentes, decidentia, decidet, decidi, decidissemus, decidisset, decidit, incumbebat, incumbit, insuper, obtendere, obtentu, super, superadulta, superaedificamini, superaedificantes, superaedificat, superaedificati, superaedificavit, supercecidit, supercertari, supercrescit, superdixerunt, supereffluentem, supereffundentia, superelevent, supererogaveris, superextendam, superextendimus, superextolletur, superexultat, superflorescent, supergaudeant, superinducere, superindui, superinduxit, superlucratus, superque, superscribam, superscribes, superscriptio, supersignabitur, supervacuitas, supervalebit, supervalescentes, supervalescet, supervestiri, supra, suprasedenti, trans, trans-. (various references)

Avestan200-600

aiwi, pairi, tarasca. (various references)

Old English450-1100

ofer. (various references)

Old French900-1400

sur-. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Bible Trace: Over

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 45, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai anhggeilan autw legonteV oti o uioV sou iwshf zh kai autoV arcei pashV ghV aiguptou kai exesth h dianoia iakwb ou gar episteusen autoiV
Latin405VulgateEt nuntiaverunt ei dicentes Ioseph vivit et ipse dominatur in omni terra Aegypti quo audito quasi de gravi somno evigilans tamen non credebat eis
Middle English1395WyclifSeiynge, Joseph, thi sone, lyueth, and he is lord in al the loond of Egipte. The which herde, Jacob as of a greet sleep awakynge; neuerthelater he trowide not hem.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleIoseph is yet a lyue and is gouerner ouer all the land of Egipte. And Iacobs hert wauered for he beleued tho not.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Matched Bible Translations: Over

LanguageGenesis Chapter 45, Verse 26
CebuanoUg ilang gisuginlan siya sa mga balita nga nagaingon: Si Jose buhi pa, ug siya mao ang ginoo sa tibook nga yuta sa Egipto. Ug ang iyang kasingkasing naluya, kay siya wala tumoo kanila.
Chinese告 訴 他 說 、 約 瑟 還 在 、 並 且 作 埃 及 全 地 的 宰 相 . 雅 各 心 裡 冰 涼 、 因 為 不 信 他 們 。
CroatianKad mu rekoše: "Josip je živ i èak vlada nad svom zemljom egipatskom!", njegovo se srce skameni jer im nije mogao vjerovati.
Danishog de fortalte ham det og sagde: "Josef lever endnu, og han er Hersker over hele Ægypten." Men hans Hjerte blev koldt, thi han troede dem ikke.
DutchToen boodschapten zij hem, zeggende: Jozef leeft nog, ja, ook is hij regeerder in gans Egypteland! Toen bezweek zijn hart, want hij geloofde hen niet.
FinnishJa he kertoivat hänelle ja sanoivat: "Joosef on vielä elossa ja on koko Egyptin maan valtias". Mutta hänen sydämensä pysyi kylmänä, sillä hän ei uskonut heitä.
FrenchIls lui dirent: Joseph vit encore, et même c`est lui qui gouverne tout le pays d`Égypte. Mais le coeur de Jacob resta froid, parce qu`il ne les croyait pas.
Germanund verkündigten ihm und sprachen: Joseph lebt noch und ist Herr im ganzen Ägyptenland. Aber sein Herz dachte gar viel anders, denn er glaubte ihnen nicht.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari"Yusuf masih hidup!" kata mereka kepadanya. "Dia penguasa atas seluruh Mesir!" Mendengar berita itu, Yakub termangu-mangu, dan ia tidak percaya kepada mereka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka mereka itupun mengabarkanlah kepadanya, katanya: Bahwa Yusuf lagi hidup; bahkan, ialah Yamtuan pada segala negeri Mesir! Maka berdebarlah hati Yakub, karena tiada ia percaya akan kata mereka itu.
Italiane subito gli riferirono: «Giuseppe è ancora vivo, anzi governa tutto il paese d'Egitto!». Ma il suo cuore rimase freddo, perché non poteva credere loro.
MaoriA ka korero ki a ia, ka mea, E ora ana ano a Hohepa, ko ia hoki te kawana o te whenua katoa o Ihipa. Na ka whakapau te manawa o Hakopa, kihai hoki ia i whakapono ki a ratou.
NorwegianOg de fortalte ham at Josef ennu var i live, og at han var hersker over hele Egyptens land. Men hans hjerte var og blev koldt, for han trodde dem ikke.
Portuguesee lhe anunciaram, dizendo: José ainda vive, e é governador de toda a terra do Egito. E o seu coração desmaiou, porque não os acreditava.   
RumanianWi i-au spus: ,,Iosif tot mai trqiewte, wi chiar el ckrmuiewte toatq yara Egiptului.`` Dar inima lui Iacov a rqmas rece, pentrucq nu -i credea.
Swedishoch de berättade för honom och sade: "Josef lever ännu, och han är en furste över hela Egyptens land." Då greps hans hjärta av vanmakt, ty han kunde icke tro dem.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Derivations & Misspellings: Over

Derivations

Words beginning with "over": overable, overabstract, overabstracted, overabstracting, overabstracts, overabundance, overabundances, overabundant, overaccentuate, overaccentuated, overaccentuates, overaccentuating, overachieve, overachieved, overachievement, overachievements, overachiever, overachievers, overachieves, overachieving, overact, overacted, overacting, overaction, overactions, overactive, overactivities, overactivity, overacts, overadjustment, overadjustments, overadvertise, overadvertised, overadvertises, overadvertising, overage, overaged, overages, overaggressive, overalert, overall, overalled, overalls, overambitious, overambitiousness, overambitiousnesses, overamplified, overanalyses, overanalysis, overanalytical, overanalyze. (additional references)

Words ending with "over": allover, antitakeover, approver, bedcover, carryover, changeover, clover, codiscover, cover, crossover, cutover, disapprover, discover, drover, dustcover, earthmover, flashover, flopover, flyover, glover, groover, handover, hangover, hardcover, holdover, hover, hungover, improver, layover, leftover, lover, makeover, moreover, mover, noncrossover, passover, plover, popover, prover, pullover, pushover, recover, rediscover, remover, reprover, rollover, rover, runover, shover, sleepover, slipcover. (additional references)

Words containing "over": allovers, antigovernment, antipoverty, approvers, bedcovering, bedcoverings, bedcovers, carryovers, changeovers, cloverleaf, cloverleafs, cloverleaves, clovers, codiscovered, codiscoverer, codiscoverers, codiscovering, codiscovers, controversial, controversialism, controversialisms, controversialist, controversialists, controversially, controversies, controversy, controvert, controverted, controverter, controverters, controvertible, controverting, controverts, countergovernment, countergovernments, coverable, coverage, coverages, coverall, coveralled, coveralls, covered, coverer, coverers, covering, coverings, coverless, coverlet, coverlets, coverlid, coverlids. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Over" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aover, dver, fover, fver, iver, ivre, ivver, jover, nover, Novre, Oberg, ocear, oer, oev, oever, oevre, ofer, Ofhr, ofir, Ofra, ofro, oger, oher, oler, Olvera, omer, oner, ooer, oove, oover, oper, orer, oser, ouer, Ouery, ouvre, ovad, ovae, ovar, ovars, ove, ovea, ovee, ovel, overa, overs, overy, ovet, ovewr, ovex, ovey, ovi, ovia, ovie, ovio, ovir, ovit, ovo, ovoe, ovor, ovre, ovur, ower, oxer, Povero, sver, Torver, Tovar, tover, toviere, uve, uvet, ver, verr, voder, voer, voger, voir, voner, vor, vore, vouer, voxer, vre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Rhyming with "Over"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "over" (pronounced ō"ver)
3ō" v erdrover, clover, moreover, stover.
2-v erdriver, endeavor, endeavour, engraver, achiever, antitakeover, aver, beaver, believer, Bolivar, braver, cabdriver, cadaver, caregiver, carryover, Carver, caver, changeover, cleaver, clever, cover, craver, crossover, Culver, deliver, discover, disfavor, dissolver, diver, downriver, ever, Favor, fervor, fever, Flavor, forever, giver, Glover, graver, griever, groover, handover, hangover, hardcover, haver, holdover, hover, however, Laver, layover, leaver, leftover, lever, lifesaver, liver, lover, makeover, maneuver, mover, never, nonbeliever, observer, outmaneuver, passover, paver, preserver, pushover, quicksilver, quiver, raver, Reaver, receiver, recover, rediscover, reliever, remover, retriever, revolver, river, rollover, saver, savor, screwdriver, server, sever, shaver, shiver, Shover, Shriver, silver, siver, skiver, sliver, solver, spillover, stiver, stopover, survivor, takeover, turnover, uncover, underachiever, undercover, upriver, voiceover, waiver, waver, weaver, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, wherever, whichever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever, woodcarver.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Top     

Anagrams: Over

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: rove.

Words within the letters "e-o-r-v"

-1 letter: ore, rev, roe, voe.

-2 letters: er, oe, or, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-o-r-v"
 

+1 letter: bevor, cover, drove, grove, hover, lover, mover, overs, overt, prove, roved, roven, rover, roves, servo, trove, verso, vireo, vomer, voter, vower.

 

+2 letters: avower, bevors, clover, corvee, corves, corvet, covers, covert, devoir, devour, droved, drover, droves, evoker, fervor, glover, govern, groove, groved, grovel, groves, hovers, louver, louvre, lovers, movers, obvert, oeuvre, overdo, overed, overly, plover, proved, proven, prover, proves, reavow, remove, renvoi, revoke, revolt, revote, rewove, rovers, servos, shover, shrove, soever, solver, stover, strove, throve, trover, troves, unrove, vector, velour, vendor, versos, vetoer, vireos, voguer, voicer, voider, volery, vomers, vortex, voters, vowers, voyeur, wolver.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     



INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Frequency
18. Names: Derived from
19. Expressions
20. Expressions: Internet
21. Translations: Modern
22. Translations: Ancient
23. Bible Trace
24. Derivations
25. Rhymes
26. Anagrams
27. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.