Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-time

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.87 in modern English

Syllables
over--time
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To time or measure the development of something in excess.

Dated; Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To grant an excess amount of time to an exposure or other process.

Dated; Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From over- + time.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

over-times (present, singular) over-timing (participle, present) over-timed (participle, past) over-timed (past)

Questions

What does over-time mean?
To time or measure the development of something in excess.
Where does over-time come from?
From over- + time.

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