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OVERTIME
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I. (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
Synonyms:
extra time; overtime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
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)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beyond the regular time
Example:
she often has to work overtime
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