over

preposition

1》 extending upwards from or above.

    ↘above so as to cover or protect.

2》 at a higher level or layer than.

    ↘expressing authority or control.

    ↘expressing preference.

    ↘expressing majority.

3》 higher or more than (a specified number or quantity).

4》 expressing passage or trajectory across.

    ↘beyond and falling or hanging from.

    ↘at the other side of; beyond.

5》 expressing duration.

6》 by means of.

7》 on the subject of.

adverb

1》 expressing passage or trajectory across an area.

    ↘beyond and falling or hanging from a point.

2》 in or to the place indicated.

3》 expressing action and result.

    ↘finished.

4》 expressing repetition of a process.

noun Cricket a sequence of six balls bowled by a bowler from one end of the pitch.

Phrases

be over be no longer affected by.

over against

1》 adjacent to.

2》 in contrast with.

over and above in addition to.

over and out indicating that a message on a two-way radio has finished.

Origin

OE ofer, of Gmc origin.