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overtime

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/

The English word “overtime” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Working time outside of one's regular hours.
  2. The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
  3. An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
  4. Extra laps after the set race length of laps or time, to allow for a green-white-checkered finish.
  5. A period of time longer than scheduled.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, time.

adverb

  1. Exceeding regular working hours.
  2. Beyond the normal or usual extent.

verb

  1. To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.

Etymology

From over- + time.

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