adv
Meaning 1
Exceeding regular working hours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overtime
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/
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General-American: /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 T AY2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Beyond the normal or usual extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Working time outside of one's regular hours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extra time, OT
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A period of time longer than scheduled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep_phrase
Meaning 7
Misspelling of over time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 9
beyond the regular time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she often has to work overtime
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
work done in addition to regular working hours
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work time
noun
Meaning 11
playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extra time
Antonyms: regulation time
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: extra innings, overtime period, tiebreaker, sudden death
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *deh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh2y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh2i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English overtime From over- + time.
Across languages
Translations
97 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: извънре́дно (izvǎnrédno) — exceeding regular working hours
- Czech: přesčas — exceeding regular working hours
- Russian: сверхуро́чно (sverxuróčno) — exceeding regular working hours
- Spanish: a destajo — exceeding regular working hours
- Ukrainian: надуро́чно (naduróčno) — exceeding regular working hours
- Ukrainian: понаднормо́во (ponadnormóvo) — exceeding regular working hours
- Bulgarian: извънре́ден труд (izvǎnréden trud) — worktime
- Catalan: hora extra — worktime
- Chinese Mandarin: 加班 (jiābān) — worktime
- Czech: přesčas — worktime
- Esperanto: pluslaboro — worktime
- Faroese: yvirtímar — worktime
- Finnish: ylityö — worktime
- French: heures supplémentaires — worktime
- Galician: hora extra — worktime
- German: Überstunden — worktime
- Greek: υπερωρία (yperoría) — worktime
- Hungarian: túlóra — worktime
- Italian: straordinari — worktime
- Italian: straordinario — worktime
- Japanese: 残業 (zangyō) — worktime
- Korean: 시간외 근무 (siganoe geunmu) — worktime
- Norwegian Bokmål: overtid — worktime
- Norwegian Nynorsk: overtid — worktime
- Polish: nadgodzina — worktime
- Portuguese: hora extra — worktime
- Romanian: ore suplimentare — worktime
- Russian: сверхуро́чное вре́мя (sverxuróčnoje vrémja) — worktime
- Russian: сверхуро́чная рабо́та (sverxuróčnaja rabóta) — worktime
- Scottish Gaelic: seach-thìm — worktime
- Spanish: horas extras — worktime
- Spanish: tiempo de más — worktime
- Spanish: overtime — worktime
- Spanish: horas extraordinarias — worktime
- Swedish: övertid — worktime
- Thai: การทําโอที — worktime
- Turkish: fazla mesai — worktime
- Ukrainian: надуро́чні робо́ти (naduróčni robóty) — worktime
- Vietnamese: tăng ca — worktime
- Finnish: ylityökorvaus — pay for overtime work
- Galician: hora extra — pay for overtime work
- German: Überstundenzuschlag — pay for overtime work
- German: Überstundenvergütung — pay for overtime work
- German: Zuschlag — pay for overtime work
- German: Überstundenlohn — pay for overtime work
- German: Mehrarbeitszuschlag — pay for overtime work
- Hungarian: túlóra — pay for overtime work
- Indonesian: uang lembur — pay for overtime work
- Italian: straordinario — pay for overtime work
- Korean: 시간외 수당 (siganoe sudang) — pay for overtime work
- Norwegian Bokmål: overtidsbetaling — pay for overtime work
- Norwegian Bokmål: overtidstillegg — pay for overtime work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: overtidsbetaling — pay for overtime work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: overtidstillegg — pay for overtime work
- Portuguese: hora extra — pay for overtime work
- Romanian: ore suplimentare plătite — pay for overtime work
- Russian: сверхуро́чные (sverxuróčnyje) — pay for overtime work
- Spanish: horas extras — pay for overtime work
- Spanish: tiempo de más — pay for overtime work
- Spanish: pago overtime — pay for overtime work
- Spanish: overtime — pay for overtime work
- Spanish: horas extraordinarias — pay for overtime work
- Swedish: övertidsersättning — pay for overtime work
- Swedish: övertidstillägg — pay for overtime work
- Ukrainian: понаднормо́ві (ponadnormóvi) — pay for overtime work
- Arabic: وَقْت إِضَافِيّ (waqt ʔiḍāfiyy) — extra period in sports
- Armenian: լրացուցիչ ժամանակ (lracʻucʻičʻ žamanak) — extra period in sports
- Bulgarian: продълже́ние (prodǎlžénie) — extra period in sports
- Catalan: pròrroga — extra period in sports
- Chinese Mandarin: 加時 /加时 (jiāshí) — extra period in sports
- Danish: overtid — extra period in sports
- Finnish: jatkoaika — extra period in sports
- French: prolongation — extra period in sports
- Galician: prórroga — extra period in sports
- German: Verlängerung — extra period in sports
- German: Overtime — extra period in sports
- Icelandic: framlenging — extra period in sports
- Italian: tempi supplementari — extra period in sports
- Japanese: オーバータイム (ōbātaimu) — extra period in sports
- Japanese: 延長戦 (enchōsen) — extra period in sports
- Korean: 오버타임 (obeotaim) — extra period in sports
- Korean: 연장전 (yeonjangjeon) — extra period in sports
- Māori: wā tāpiri — extra period in sports
- Norwegian Bokmål: overtid — extra period in sports
- Norwegian Nynorsk: overtid — extra period in sports
- Polish: dogrywka — extra period in sports
- Portuguese: prolongamento — extra period in sports
- Portuguese: prorrogação — extra period in sports
- Romanian: prelungire — extra period in sports
- Russian: оверта́йм (overtájm) — extra period in sports
- Russian: дополни́тельное вре́мя (dopolnítelʹnoje vrémja) — extra period in sports
- Spanish: prórroga — extra period in sports
- Spanish: alargue — extra period in sports
- Swedish: förlängning — extra period in sports
- Turkish: uzatma — extra period in sports
- Ukrainian: додатко́вий час (dodatkóvyj čas) — extra period in sports
- Ukrainian: оверта́йм (overtájm) — extra period in sports
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