The meaning of OVER is across a barrier or intervening space; specifically : across the goal line in football. How to use over in a sentence.

In a position to rule or control: The director presides over the meeting.

If someone or something goes over a barrier, obstacle, or boundary, they get to the other side of it by going across it, or across the top of it. I stepped over a broken piece of wood. Nearly one million …

We use over as a preposition and an adverb to refer to something at a higher position than something else, sometimes involving movement from one side to another: …

OVER definition: above in place or position. See examples of over used in a sentence.

If something is over it is finished, across, or above. When a movie is over, you get up and leave. A blanket that's over your feet covers your toes. A painting over a fireplace hangs above it.

There are 42 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word over, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

3 days ago · When used in the sense "from one location to another", over implies that the two places are at approximately the same height or the height difference is not relevant.

Definition of over preposition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1 day ago · It’s not often that Europe speaks with one voice – or responds with such urgency.