over
/ˈəʉ̯.və/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.08 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having surmounted an obstacle.
Example Sentences
- "The show isn't over until the fat lady sings."
- "The strawberries are over now. I picked the last few yesterday."
- "We're keeping our marriage going for the sake of the kids, but really it's over."
- "My sister's over for the week."
- "The horse struggled at that fence, but it's over."
- "This steak is well over. (overcooked)"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Proto-West Germanic *obar Old English ofer Middle English over English over From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, ofor, ouer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ower (“over”), Yola oer, ower, owr (“over”), Saterland Frisian uur (“over”), West Frisian oer (“over, across”), Cimbrian übar (“over”), Dutch over (“over”), German ober, über, ueber (“over, above”), Limburgish euver, övver (“over”), Low German över, üöver (“over”), Luxembourgish iwwer (“over”), Mòcheno iber (“over”), Yiddish איבער (iber, “over”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål over (“over”), Elfdalian yvyr (“over”), Faroese yvir (“over”), Icelandic yfir (“over”), Norwegian Nynorsk over, yver, yvi (“over”), Swedish över (“over”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar, “over”); also Breton and Cornish war (“on, over”), Irish ar (“on”), Manx er (“on”), Scottish Gaelic air (“on, upon”), Latin super (“above, over”), Ancient Greek ῠ̔πείρ (hŭpeír), ὑπέρ (hupér), ῠ̔́περ (hŭ́per, “above, over”), Albanian epër (“above, high, overhead, up, upward”), Armenian վեր (ver, “up”), Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (upaⁱri, “above, over”), Persian بر (bar, “on; onto; upon”), Sanskrit उपरि (upari, “above, over”). Doublet of uber, super, and hyper.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈəʉ̯.və/
- British English: /ˈəʊ̯.və/
Usage
- Informal
- Slang
- American usage
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb