overtime B2 Topic:Work & Careers US /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/ UK /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/ See IPA manual Freq #7364 Meanings 1 noun Time worked beyond one's normal working hours. Workers are usually paid extra for overtime. 2 noun An extra period of play added when a game is tied at the end of normal time. The match was so close that it went into overtime. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · an extra period of play... extra time Word family Derived forms over-timerovertimer Common collocations overtime period Noun + noun Etymology AI details From over- + time. Topics Work & Careers External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # overtime **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/ **Frequency rank:** 7364 ## Meanings 1. Time worked beyond one's normal working hours. 2. An extra period of play added when a game is tied at the end of normal time. ## Examples - Workers are usually paid extra for overtime. - The match was so close that it went into overtime. ## Derived Forms - over-timer - overtimer ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: over- - too much ## Etymology From over- + time. ## AI Etymology Overtime comes from over- + time. Modern senses include time worked beyond one's normal working hours and an extra period of play added when a game is tied at the end of normal time. The wider word family includes derivatives such as over-timer and overtimer. ## Topics - Work & Careers markdown