over

/ˈoʊvər/

/ˈʌʊvə/

Other forms: overs

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.

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. Or it can mean "throughout an area," like traveling over roads and oceans, or going over the plan before the team starts working.

Definitions of over

1. adverb

   beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
   “a roof that hangs over”
2. adverb

   at or to a point across intervening space etc.
   “come over and see us some time”

   “over there”
3. adverb

   throughout an area
   “he is known the world over”
4. adverb

   over the entire area
   “everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot”

   synonyms: all over
5. adjective

   having come or been brought to a conclusion
   synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, ended, terminated

   finished

   ended or brought to an end
6. adverb

   throughout a period of time
   “stay over the weekend”

   synonyms: o'er
7. noun

   (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
   types:

   maiden, maiden over

   (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

   type of:

   division, part, section

   one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole