Definition of over adverb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Can't pay a nickel over seventy-five, or there won't be enough to get to California. Сверх семидесяти пяти ни единого цента - это самое большее, что я могу дать, иначе не доберемся до Калифорнии.
If you walk, jump, climb, etc over an object or place, you go from one side of it to the other side.
The meaning of OVER is across a barrier or intervening space; specifically : across the goal line in football. How to use over in a sentence.
When people such as the police or the army are using a radio to communicate, they say ` Over ' to indicate that they have finished speaking and are waiting for a reply.
from one person, party, etc., to another: He handed the property over to his brother. on the other side, as of a sea, a river, or any space: Next time we'll come over to Japan.
When used in the sense "from one location to another", over implies that the two places are at approximately the same height or the height difference is not relevant.
Across a distance in a particular direction or at a location. Lives over in England.
Over is related to the German word über, meaning "above," like putting one piece of paper over another, or a ruling over your school, you popular person. Over can describe a distant position: your phone is over there.