English Dictionary

OVERTIME

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does overtime mean? 

OVERTIME (noun)
  The noun OVERTIME has 2 senses:

1. work done in addition to regular working hoursplay

2. playing time beyond regulation, to break a tieplay

  Familiarity information: OVERTIME used as a noun is rare.


OVERTIME (adverb)
  The adverb OVERTIME has 1 sense:

1. beyond the regular timeplay

  Familiarity information: OVERTIME used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERTIME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Work done in addition to regular working hours

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("overtime" is a kind of...):

work time (a time period when you are required to work)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

extra time; overtime

Hypernyms ("overtime" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overtime"):

extra innings (overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball)

overtime period (a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball)

tiebreaker (overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer)

sudden death ((sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf)

Holonyms ("overtime" is a part of...):

athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)

Antonym:

regulation time ((sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game)


OVERTIME (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Beyond the regular time

Context example:

she often has to work overtime


 Context examples 


You never turned me down, never passed me out a reward-of-unmerit rejection slip, never complained about working overtime.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

If you work for others, you might be able to negotiate overtime pay or a bonus for your extra work.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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