OVERTIME


Meaning of OVERTIME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)taɪm ]

1.

Overtime is time that you spend doing your job in addition to your normal working hours.

He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job...

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2.

If you say that someone is working overtime to do something, you mean that they are using a lot of energy, effort, or enthusiasm trying to do it. ( INFORMAL )

We had to battle very hard and our defence worked overtime to keep us in the game...

PHRASE : V inflects , usu PHR to-inf

3.

Overtime is an additional period of time that is added to the end of a sports match in which the two teams are level, as a way of allowing one of the teams to win. ( AM; in BRIT, use extra time )

Denver had won the championship by defeating the Cleveland Browns 23-20 in overtime.

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