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Pronunciation
- [ˈəʊ̯.və] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɐʉ̯və/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈəʊ̯və/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈo̝.vər] (Scotland)
- /ˈəʉvə/ (Australia)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ˈoː.bʱə(ɾ)] (India)
- [ˈɐʉ̯.vɐ] (New-Zealand)
- [ˈɐʉ̯.vɐ] (Australia)
- /ˈoʊ̯vəɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
- [ˈoʊ.vɚ] (Canada, General-American)
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- From Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Dutch over-, German über-, Swedish över-, Welsh gor-, Spanish sobre-, Armenian վեր- (ver-), Persian ابر (abar-). Doublet of super-, sur-, and hyper-. More at over.
Meanings
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(morpheme) Above, or higher.
overbar, overlook
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(morpheme) Superior.
overlord
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(morpheme) Excessive; excessively.
overkind, overloud, overstate
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(morpheme) Surrounding or covering.
overcoat, overpaint
- (augmentative, morpheme) Exceptional; extremely or intensely.
Synonyms
ultra- (excessively) · giga- · ana- (excessively) · super- · hyper- (excessively) · arch- · ultra- · supra- · -zilla · macro- · grand · mega- · uber- · hyper-
Translations (69)
pl ponad- (excessively) · pt super- (above or higher) · pl prze- (above or higher) · ca sobre- (excessively) · sv compounds with över (excessively) · ru сверх- (excessively) · ka ზე- (above or higher) · ka ზე- (superior) · it eccesso (excessively) · fi yli- (superior) · pl nad- (superior) · cs přes- (above or higher) · fi yli- (excessively) · hu túl- (excessively) · es hiper- (excessively) · pt sobre- (superior) · cmn 過度 /过度 (above or higher) · ru пере- (superior) · it sopra- (above or higher) · ca excés (excessively) · es exceso de (excessively) · fr excès (excessively) · la nimius (excessively) · yi איבער־ (above or higher) · gl super- (excessively) · fr sur- (excessively) · sv compounds with över (above or higher) · pl nad- (excessively) · pl ponad- (superior) · ru сверх- (above or higher) · es super- (above or higher) · ca sobre- (above or higher) · fr sur- (above or higher) · fi yli- (above or higher) · cs přes- (excessively) · es demasiado (excessively) · es sobre- (excessively) · pt excesso (excessively) · gl sobre- (excessively) · gd tar- (excessively) · pt sobre- (above or higher) · pt sobre- (excessively) · sco ower- (above or higher) · sco ower- (superior) · az ifrat- (superior) · hu agyon- (excessively) · sv compounds with över (superior) · sco ower- (excessively) · es sobre- (above or higher) · pt super- (excessively) · de über- (above or higher) · gd tar- (above or higher) · cs přes- (superior) · es super- (excessively) · it sopra- (excessively) · pt super- (superior) · hy վեր- (above or higher) · la super- (above or higher) · es demasiadamente (excessively) · es excesivamente (excessively) · ru пере- (above or higher) · hu felül- (above or higher) · az ifrat- (above or higher) · az ifrat- (excessively) · ru пере- (excessively) · fi liika- (excessively) · ru сверх- (superior) · cs pře- (above or higher) · hy վերա- (above or higher)