over
above and across; more than
How often you will meet it
Rank 85 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 280,861 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.134% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
preposition
- above and across; more than
adverb
- so that a different side is up
over in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His face clouded over for a minute, and he slightly sighed.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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She never gets confused over her dates, and I always do.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The shadow of the vines made a delicate tracery over her white dress.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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She read the account over many times, with painstaking effort to understand that this meant Johnny McLean.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1