OVERTIME


Meaning of OVERTIME in English

noun

1 work

ADJECTIVE

▪ excessive

Doctors work excessive unpaid ~.

▪ paid , unpaid

▪ forced , mandatory (both AmE )

VERB + OVERTIME

▪ do , put in , work

I do about five hours' ~ a week.

She puts in a lot of ~.

OVERTIME + NOUN

▪ earnings ( BrE ), pay , payments ( esp. BrE ), rate

▪ ban ( esp. BrE )

The union imposed an ~ ban in protest at the firing of two workers.

2 ( AmE ) sport

ADJECTIVE

▪ first , second , etc.

He scored with only seven seconds remaining in the second ~.

▪ sudden-death

VERBS

▪ go into

The game went into ~.

▪ force

Stanford scored two goals in the last minute to force ~.

OVERTIME + NOUN

▪ period

The first ~ period ended with no scoring.

▪ victory , win

an impressive ~ win against Denver

▪ loss

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

We were unlucky to lose in ~.

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