The meaning of over is across a barrier or intervening space More than an amount, number, or age Across the goal line in football
How to use over in a sentence. Discover everything about the word over in english We use over as a preposition and an adverb to refer to something at a higher position than something else, sometimes involving movement from one side to another
In or at a position above or higher than A sign over the door A hawk gliding over the hills. 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. If someone or something goes over a barrier, obstacle, or boundary, they get to the other side of it by going across it, or across the top of it I stepped over a broken piece of wood
Over is also an adverb. There are 42 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word over, five of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Above, atop, during, throughout, by, through, amid, pending
Under, below, beneath, underneath, inside, never, little, rarely
