Etymological root

ofer

Old English

# ofer

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Old English
**Slug:** ofer

## Words From This Root
- over - Finished; ended.
- overreach - to extend or exert oneself beyond a safe or proper limit
- oversight - an unintentional failure to notice; supervision or watchful care
- overdo - to do or use something to excess
- overweening - showing excessive confidence, pride, or presumption
- layover - a period of waiting between connecting legs of a journey
- leftover - something remaining after the rest has been used or consumed
- overdone - done to excess; cooked too long
- overdraw - to withdraw more money than an account holds; to exaggerate
- overlive - to outlive; to survive beyond a person, time, or event
- overmuch - to too great an extent; excessively
- overreckon - to estimate or count as more than the true amount
- override - to use authority to set aside or cancel a decision or function
- oversea - across or beyond the sea; overseas (archaic or literary form)
- overthink - to think about something too much or for too long, often anxiously
- overwhelmingly - in a way that is very great in amount, effect, or degree
- overwinter - to spend or survive through the winter

markdown

Words from this root(17)

/ˈoʊ.vɚ/ Finished; ended. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvərˈritʃ/ to extend or exert oneself beyond a safe or proper limit Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt/ an unintentional failure to notice; supervision or watchful care Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈdu/ to do or use something to excess Meaning Off Sound Off

overweening C2+

/ˌoʊvɚˈwinɪŋ/ showing excessive confidence, pride, or presumption Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈleɪˌoʊvər/ a period of waiting between connecting legs of a journey Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈlɛftˌoʊvɚ/ something remaining after the rest has been used or consumed Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈdʌn/ done to excess; cooked too long Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈdrɔ/ to withdraw more money than an account holds; to exaggerate Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈlɪv/ to outlive; to survive beyond a person, time, or event Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈmʌtʃ/ to too great an extent; excessively Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈrɛkən/ to estimate or count as more than the true amount Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈraɪd/ to use authority to set aside or cancel a decision or function Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈoʊvɚˌsi/ across or beyond the sea; overseas (archaic or literary form) Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈθɪŋk/ to think about something too much or for too long, often anxiously Meaning Off Sound Off

overwhelmingly C2+

/ˌoʊvɚˈwɛlmɪŋli/ in a way that is very great in amount, effect, or degree Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌoʊvɚˈwɪntɚ/ to spend or survive through the winter Meaning Off Sound Off

External links