over

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   over the entire area

   the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers

2. 2
   adv

   throughout a period of time

   stay over the weekend

3. 3
   adv

   at or to a point across intervening space etc.

   come over and see us some time

4. 4
   adv

   throughout an area

   We are known the world over.

5. 5
   adj

   Finished; ended; concluded.

   The show isn't over until the fat lady sings.

6. 6
   adj

   Hopeless; irrecoverable.

   We're keeping our marriage going for the sake of the kids, but really it's over.

7. 7
   adj

   Visiting one's home or other location.

   My sister's over for the week.

8. 8
   adj

   Having surmounted an obstacle.

   The horse struggled at that fence, but it's over.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Proto-West Germanic *obar Old English ofer Middle English over English over From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, ofor, ouer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ower (“over”), Yola oer, ower, owr (“over”), Saterland Frisian uur (“over”), West Frisian oer (“over, across”), Cimbrian übar (“over”), Dutch over (“over”), German ober, über, ueber (“over, above”), Limburgis…