Across the goal line in football How to use over in a sentence. We use over as a preposition and an adverb to refer to something at a higher position than something else, sometimes involving movement from one side to another If someone or something goes over a barrier, obstacle, or boundary, they get to the other side of it by going across it, or across the top of it I stepped over a broken piece of wood Nearly one million people crossed over the river into moldavia
Over is also an adverb. Over synonyms, over pronunciation, over translation, english dictionary definition of over In or at a position above or higher than A sign over the door A hawk gliding over the hills. Definition of over adverb in oxford advanced american dictionary
If something is over it is finished, across, or above When a movie is over, you get up and leave A blanket that's over your feet covers your toes A painting over a fireplace hangs above it. There are 42 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word over, five of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Discover everything about the word over in english Above, atop, during, throughout, by, amidst, through, amid Under, below, beneath, underneath, inside, never, little, rarely Over as a prefix meaning ‘too much’ is connected to the word that comes after it, sometimes with a hyphen We don’t write two separate words
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