overtime
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overtime
- /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/ UK
- /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/ US
noun overtimes
- Working time outside of one's regular hours. Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.
- The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
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An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!
Similar: extra time, OT
- Extra laps after the set race length of laps or time, to allow for a green-white-checkered finish.
- A period of time longer than scheduled. Little need be said about the remainder of the run; the Dumfries-Annan and Annan-Carlisle times are very sharp with such loads, and the driver was just observing them, with nothing in hand, though overtime at stations made us late into Carlisle.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, time.
adverb
- Exceeding regular working hours.
- Beyond the normal or usual extent. He worked his mighty money-spinner overtime.
verb overtimes · overtiming · overtimed
- To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did. With automatic timing, overtiming is virtually impossible. However, there are inherent inaccuracies in manual timing of telephone messages which, on the average, tend toward overtiming messages […]
phrase
- Misspelling of over time
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: extra time, supplementary, supplemental, additional, further, incremental, extra, playoff, hours, overhours, afterhours, overshift, overwork, overage, overcall, trouble
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noun worktime
| Español | horas extras, tiempo de más, overtime, horas extraordinarias |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시간외 근무 siganoe geunmu |
| 日本語 | 残業 zangyō |
| 中文 | 加班 jiābān |
| Português | hora extra |
| Français | heures supplémentaires |
| Deutsch | Überstunden |
| Italiano | straordinari, straordinario |
| Ελληνικά | υπερωρία yperoría |
| Română | ore suplimentare |
| Русский | сверхуро́чное вре́мя sverxuróčnoje vrémja, сверхуро́чная рабо́та sverxuróčnaja rabóta |
| Tiếng Việt | tăng ca |
noun pay for overtime work
| Español | horas extras, tiempo de más, pago overtime, overtime, horas extraordinarias |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시간외 수당 siganoe sudang |
| Português | hora extra |
| Deutsch | Überstundenzuschlag, Überstundenvergütung, Zuschlag, Überstundenlohn, Mehrarbeitszuschlag |
| Italiano | straordinario |
| Română | ore suplimentare plătite |
| Русский | сверхуро́чные sverxuróčnyje |
noun extra period in sports
| Español | prórroga, alargue |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오버타임 obeotaim, 연장전 yeonjangjeon |
| 日本語 | オーバータイム ōbātaimu, 延長戦 enchōsen |
| 中文 | 加時 /加时 jiāshí |
| Português | prolongamento, prorrogação |
| Français | prolongation |
| Deutsch | Verlängerung, Overtime |
| Italiano | tempi supplementari |
| Română | prelungire |
| Русский | оверта́йм overtájm, дополни́тельное вре́мя dopolnítelʹnoje vrémja |
| العربية | وَقْت إِضَافِيّ waqt ʔiḍāfiyy |
adv exceeding regular working hours
| Español | a destajo |
|---|---|
| Русский | сверхуро́чно sverxuróčno |
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title = {overtime},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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