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Definition: Over |
OverAdjective1. 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". Adverb1. 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". Noun1. (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) |
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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. |
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Synonyms: OverSynonyms: all over (adj), complete (adj), concluded (adj), ended (adj), over(p) (adj), terminated (adj), across (adv), o'er (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
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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) | |
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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. | |
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| "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" |
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| 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. . | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
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. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
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) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
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. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(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. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | The 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 | 1797-1801 | Parliament has our consent to assume a jurisdiction over them. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | One-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 | 1945-1953 | Hundreds 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 | 1961-1963 | For the Soviet-Chinese disagreement is over means, not ends. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | As a result they have been able to take over combat responsibilities from our American troops. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Over and over they told us they are not the party they were. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But our economy is still over twice as large as our closest competitor. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Last month, in our action over Iraq, our troops were superb. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Preposition (except "of") | 54.69% | 53,562 | 161 |
| Adverb (general) | 23.58% | 23,093 | 381 |
| Adverb (prepositional) | 20.61% | 20,184 | 442 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.92% | 902 | 7,934 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.18% | 174 | 23,577 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 97,946 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Over | Last name | 200 | 31,387 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "over". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Baali | N/A | Biblical | Lord over me |
| Baal-shalisha | N/A | Biblical | The god that presides over three |
| Ebronah | N/A | Biblical | Passage over |
| Gazez | N/A | Biblical | A passing over |
| Heleph | N/A | Biblical | Passing over |
| Ibri | N/A | Biblical | Passing over |
| Ije-abarim | N/A | Biblical | Of passers over |
| Jehoadah | N/A | Biblical | Passing over |
| Joed | N/A | Biblical | Passing over |
| Jogli | N/A | Biblical | Passing over |
| Laadah | N/A | Biblical | Passing over |
| Paseah | N/A | Biblical | Passing over |
| Prochorus | N/A | Biblical | He that presides over the choirs |
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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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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), 余 (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), 上 (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 , よ (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), på (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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 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) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | aiwi, pairi, tarasca. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ofer. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | sur-. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 45, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai anhggeilan autw legonteV oti o uioV sou iwshf zh kai autoV arcei pashV ghV aiguptou kai exesth h dianoia iakwb ou gar episteusen autoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et nuntiaverunt ei dicentes Ioseph vivit et ipse dominatur in omni terra Aegypti quo audito quasi de gravi somno evigilans tamen non credebat eis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Seiynge, 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 English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ioseph is yet a lyue and is gouerner ouer all the land of Egipte. And Iacobs hert wauered for he beleued tho not. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And 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 English | 1833 | Webster | And 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 English | 1964 | Ogden | And 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. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 45, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | Ug 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 。 |
| Croatian | Kad mu rekoše: "Josip je živ i èak vlada nad svom zemljom egipatskom!", njegovo se srce skameni jer im nije mogao vjerovati. |
| Danish | og 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. |
| Dutch | Toen boodschapten zij hem, zeggende: Jozef leeft nog, ja, ook is hij regeerder in gans Egypteland! Toen bezweek zijn hart, want hij geloofde hen niet. |
| Finnish | Ja 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. |
| French | Ils 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. |
| German | und 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 Lama | Maka 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. |
| Italian | e 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. |
| Maori | A 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. |
| Norwegian | Og 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. |
| Portuguese | e lhe anunciaram, dizendo: José ainda vive, e é governador de toda a terra do Egito. E o seu coração desmaiou, porque não os acreditava. |
| Rumanian | Wi 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. |
| Swedish | och 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. | |
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "over" (pronounced ō"ver) |
| 3 | ō" v er | drover, clover, moreover, stover. |
| 2 | -v er | driver, 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. | ||
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. | |
| 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 |
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