over
Definition of over:
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part of speech: adjective
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part of speech: preposition
Above: across: on the surface of: upon the whole surface of: through.
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part of speech: adverb
More than the quantity; beyond a limit; from one to another; from a country beyond the sea; on the surface; past, as the winter is over; completely; in a great degree, as over- difficult.
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part of speech: preposition
Above; opposed to below; above in authority; across, as he leapt over the brook; through or diffusely, as all the world over; covering or immersing; often contracted into oer.
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part of speech: adjective
Prefix, meaning above; beyond; too much; to excess. Note.- Over, as a prefix, is not usually separated by a hyphen; the words with the prefix over, keeping in mind the sense of the prefix, are mostly self- explanatory, accordingly, it has not been thought necessary to enter every possible compound having the prefix over, though it is hoped that no one in common use has been omitted.
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part of speech: adjective
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part of speech: adverb
Above: across: from one to another: from one country to another: above in measure: too much: to excess: completely.
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Common misspellings:
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- oner (0.3%)
- pver (1.7%)
- ovr (5.6%)
- ovel (0.1%)
- oiver (0.2%)
- ouver (0.4%)
- owver (0.2%)
- ove (32.4%)
- ower (2.0%)
- ther (0.1%)
- overi (0.2%)
- ver (7.2%)
- 0ver (0.4%)
- infront (0.1%)
- sover (0.3%)
- aover (0.4%)
- orer (0.1%)
- dor (0.1%)
- ofter (0.1%)
- overa (0.2%)
- opver (1.3%)
- oveer (2.1%)
- thru (0.2%)
- ofer (2.1%)
- ovre (0.6%)
- tover (0.3%)
- onver (1.1%)
- verus (0.1%)
- pover (0.3%)
- oved (0.2%)
- ober (3.2%)
- ovewr (0.4%)
- upto (0.1%)
- progam (0.1%)
- iver (2.2%)
- iover (1.0%)
- oever (0.6%)
- nover (0.1%)
- veyr (0.6%)
- overe (3.3%)
- oover (1.2%)
- overn (0.1%)
- ovwer (1.5%)
- overy (0.7%)
- ouer (0.2%)
- ovver (1.5%)
- ovar (0.2%)
- overwith (0.1%)
- voer (3.7%)
- eover (0.1%)
- overmix (0.1%)
- ovet (2.4%)
- obver (1.3%)
- overr (1.0%)
- ovfer (0.2%)
- orver (0.3%)
- ocver (0.3%)
- oevr (1.0%)
- ofver (1.0%)
- cver (0.1%)
- oer (6.1%)
- ovcer (0.6%)
- ov (1.1%)
- ocer (0.8%)
- dover (0.7%)
- kaddafi (0.1%)
- 9over (0.2%)
- over1 (0.2%)
- ovrr (0.2%)
- ovrt (0.2%)
- wover (0.2%)
Usage examples for over:
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It is all over Ralph!
"Ralph the Heir" – Anthony Trollope -
If I can get it over
"The Planet Savers" – Marion Zimmer Bradley -
What was coming over her?
"The Danger Mark" – Robert W. Chambers -
" Come over again any day," said Frank.
"Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)" – Francis W. Parker and Nellie Lathrop Helm
