over

Definition

Examples

Over fifty guests have already confirmed their attendance at the banquet.

Word Family

Synonyms

• abovean earlier section of a written text
• more thanhaving a meaning similar to over

Collocations

• Easy all over the world
  describing all over the world (quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class)
• Medium over the coming months
  describing over the coming months ((cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch)
• Hard preside over the shareholders meeting
  to preside over the shareholders meeting, meaning to act as president
• Very Hard over and above expectations
  describing over and above expectations ((cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch)