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 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. When people such as the police or the army are using a radio to communicate, they say ` over ' to indicate that they have finished speaking and are waiting for a reply. Over is related to the german word über, meaning above, like putting one piece of paper over another, or a ruling over your school, you popular person Over can describe a distant position Your phone is over there. Definition of over adverb in oxford advanced american dictionary