hand over
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.33 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I handed over the controls to the copilot."
- "The train was handed over 21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on.""
- "When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing."
- "Liverpool still have a game in hand but City have made up most of that lost ground and this was a resounding message that they will not be handing over the title."
Usage
Inflected Forms
hands over (present, singular)
handing over (participle, present)
handed over (participle, past)
handed over (past)