| allover | (adjective) covering the entire surface | - |
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| approver | (noun) an authority with power to approve | - |
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| bedcover | (noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedspread, counterpane, spread |
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| booklover | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books | Synonyms: bibliophile, book lover |
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| changeover | (noun) an event that results in a transformation | Synonyms: conversion, transition |
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| clover | (noun) a plant of the genus Trifolium | Synonyms: trefoil |
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| cloverleaf | (noun) an interchange that does not require left-hand turns | - |
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| cloveroot | (noun) hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: clover-root, Geum urbanum, herb bennet, wood avens |
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| controversial | (adjective) marked by or capable of arousing controversy | - |
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| controversialist | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: disputant, eristic |
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| controversially | (adverb) involving controversy | Synonyms: polemically |
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| controversy | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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| controvert | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: rebut, refute |
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| (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, oppose |
| cover | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: covering, masking, screening |
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| (noun) fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations | Synonyms: covering fire |
| (noun) a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent) | - |
| (noun) a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else | Synonyms: cover song, cover version |
| (noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: blanket |
| (noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, covert, screen |
| (noun) covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) | Synonyms: top |
| (noun) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | Synonyms: back, binding, book binding |
| (noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: covering, natural covering |
| (noun) a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink | Synonyms: cover charge |
| (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, hatch, incubate |
| (verb) clothe, as if for protection from the elements | Synonyms: wrap up |
| (verb) protect by insurance | Synonyms: insure, underwrite |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, deal, handle, plow, treat |
| (verb) be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism | Synonyms: report |
| (verb) maintain a check on; especially by patrolling | - |
| (verb) protect or defend (a position in a game) | - |
| (verb) hold within range of an aimed firearm | - |
| (verb) play a higher card than the one previously played | - |
| (verb) be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game | - |
| (verb) provide with a covering or cause to be covered | - |
| (verb) form a cover over | Synonyms: spread over |
| (verb) copulate with a female, used especially of horses | Synonyms: breed |
| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: enshroud, hide, shroud |
| (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: overlay |
| (verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
| (verb) hide from view or knowledge | Synonyms: cover up |
| (verb) spread over a surface to conceal or protect | - |
| (verb) be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of | - |
| (verb) to take an action to protect against future problems | - |
| (verb) invest with a large or excessive amount of something | - |
| (verb) help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities | - |
| (verb) provide for | - |
| (verb) span an interval of distance, space or time | Synonyms: continue, extend |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, embrace, encompass |
| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, overcompensate |
| coverage | (noun) the extent to which something is covered | - |
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| (noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: reportage, reporting |
| (noun) the total amount and type of insurance carried | Synonyms: insurance coverage |
| coverall | (noun) a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing | - |
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| covered | (adjective) overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form | - |
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| covering | (noun) the act of protecting something by covering it | - |
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| (noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: application, coating |
| (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, masking, screening |
| (noun) an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) | - |
| (noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: cover, natural covering |
| coverlet | (noun) a decorative bedspread (usually quilted) | - |
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| covert | (adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed | - |
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| (adjective) (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband | - |
| (noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, cover, screen |
| (noun) a flock of coots | - |
| covertly | (adverb) in a covert manner | - |
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| covertness | (noun) the state of being covert and hidden | Synonyms: hiddenness |
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| crossover | (noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossing, crosswalk |
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| (noun) the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience | - |
| (noun) a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party | Synonyms: crossover voter |
| (noun) the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: crossing over |
| discover | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
| (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| (verb) make a discovery, make a new finding | Synonyms: find |
| (verb) see for the first time; make a discovery | - |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, find, notice, observe |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| discoverable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: ascertainable |
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| discovered | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: ascertained, observed |
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| discoverer | (noun) someone who is the first to observe something | Synonyms: finder, spotter |
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| (noun) someone who is the first to think of or make something | Synonyms: artificer, inventor |
| discovery | (noun) the act of discovering something | Synonyms: find, uncovering |
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| (noun) a productive insight | Synonyms: breakthrough, find |
| (noun) something that is discovered | - |
| (noun) (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case | - |
| disprover | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, rebutter, refuter |
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| drover | (noun) someone who drives a herd | Synonyms: herder, herdsman |
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| extroversion | (noun) (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self | Synonyms: extraversion |
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| extroversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extraversive |
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| extrovert | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extroverted, extrovertive |
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| (noun) (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: extravert |
| extroverted | (adjective) not introspective; examining what is outside yourself | Synonyms: extrospective |
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| (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extrovertive |
| (adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: forthcoming, outgoing |
| extrovertish | (adjective) being somewhat extroverted | - |
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| extrovertive | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted |
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| flashover | (noun) an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator) | - |
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| flyover | (noun) a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground | Synonyms: fly-by, flypast |
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| (noun) bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels | Synonyms: overpass |
| govern | (verb) exercise authority over; as of nations | Synonyms: rule |
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| (verb) direct or strongly influence the behavior of | - |
| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: order, regularise, regularize, regulate |
| (verb) require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | - |
| governable | (adjective) capable of being controlled | Synonyms: controllable |
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| governance | (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governing, government, government activity |
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| (noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, establishment, governing body, organisation, organization |
| governed | (noun) the body of people who are citizens of a particular government | - |
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| governess | (noun) a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home) | - |
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| governing | (adjective) responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws | - |
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| (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governance, government, government activity |
| government | (noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: administration, governance, governing, government activity |
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| (noun) (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed | - |
| (noun) the study of government of states and other political units | Synonyms: political science, politics |
| (noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: authorities, regime |
| governmental | (adjective) relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state | - |
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| governmentally | (adverb) by government | - |
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| governor | (noun) a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) | Synonyms: regulator |
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| (noun) the head of a state government | - |
| governorship | (noun) the office of governor | - |
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| groover | (noun) a device that makes grooves by cutting or punching | - |
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| groundcover | (noun) small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor | Synonyms: ground cover |
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| (noun) low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow | Synonyms: ground cover |
| handover | (noun) act of relinquishing property or authority etc | - |
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| hangover | (noun) something that has survived from the past | Synonyms: holdover |
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| (noun) an official who remains in office after his term | Synonyms: holdover |
| (noun) disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) | Synonyms: katzenjammer |
| hardcover | (adjective) having a hard back or cover | Synonyms: hardback, hardbacked, hardbound |
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| (noun) a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers | Synonyms: hardback |
| holdover | (noun) something that has survived from the past | Synonyms: hangover |
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| (noun) an official who remains in office after his term | Synonyms: hangover |
| hoover | (verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner | Synonyms: vacuum-clean, vacuum |
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| hover | (verb) hang in the air; fly or be suspended above | - |
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| (verb) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity | Synonyms: levitate |
| (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: oscillate, vacillate, vibrate |
| (verb) to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time | Synonyms: linger |
| (verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing | Synonyms: brood, bulk large, loom |
| hoverboard | (noun) A device resembling a skateboard without wheels that can hover above the ground | - |
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| hovercraft | (noun) a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines | Synonyms: ground-effect machine |
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| hungover | (adjective) Suffering the aftereffects of the consumption of alcohol | - |
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| impoverish | (verb) take away | Synonyms: deprive |
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| (verb) make poor | - |
| impoverished | (adjective) destroyed financially | Synonyms: broken, wiped out |
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| (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
| impoverishment | (noun) the act of making someone poor | Synonyms: pauperisation, pauperization |
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| (noun) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | Synonyms: poorness, poverty |
| improver | (noun) a component that is added to something to improve it | Synonyms: add-on, addition |
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| (noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms | Synonyms: do-gooder, humanitarian |
| incontrovertibility | (noun) the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about | Synonyms: incontrovertibleness, positiveness, positivity |
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| incontrovertible | (adjective) necessarily or demonstrably true | Synonyms: demonstrable |
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| (adjective) impossible to deny or disprove | Synonyms: irrefutable, positive |
| incontrovertibleness | (noun) the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about | Synonyms: incontrovertibility, positiveness, positivity |
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| incontrovertibly | (adverb) in an obvious and provable manner | Synonyms: demonstrably, provably |
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| introversion | (noun) (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings | - |
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| (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, intussusception, invagination |
| (noun) the condition of being folded inward or sheathed | Synonyms: invagination |
| introversive | (adjective) directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings | Synonyms: introvertive |
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| introvert | (noun) (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts | - |
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| (verb) turn inside | - |
| (verb) fold inwards | Synonyms: invaginate |
| introverted | (adjective) given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences | Synonyms: introspective, self-examining |
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| introvertish | (adjective) somewhat introverted | Synonyms: shut-in |
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| introvertive | (adjective) directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings | Synonyms: introversive |
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| irrecoverable | (adjective) incapable of being recovered or regained | Synonyms: unrecoverable |
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| landrover | (noun) a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain | Synonyms: jeep |
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| layover | (noun) a brief stay in the course of a journey | Synonyms: stop, stopover |
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| leftover | (adjective) not used up | Synonyms: left, left over, odd, remaining, unexpended |
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| (noun) a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists | Synonyms: remnant |
| leftovers | (noun) food remaining from a previous meal | - |
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| lover | (noun) a person who loves someone or is loved by someone | - |
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| (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: buff, devotee, fan |
| (noun) a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage | - |
| loverlike | (adjective) like or in the manner of a lover | Synonyms: loverly |
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| loverly | (adjective) like or in the manner of a lover | Synonyms: loverlike |
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| makeover | (noun) an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance | - |
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| (noun) a complete reconstruction and renovation of something | - |
| misgovern | (verb) govern badly | - |
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| misgovernment | (noun) government that is inefficient or dishonest | Synonyms: misrule |
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| moreover | (adverb) denoting additional information | Synonyms: furthermore, in addition, what is more |
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| mover | (noun) a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another | Synonyms: moving company, public mover, removal company, removal firm |
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| (noun) someone who moves | - |
| (noun) (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion | Synonyms: proposer |
| (noun) workman employed by a moving company | - |
| noncontroversial | (adjective) not likely to arouse controversy | Synonyms: uncontroversial |
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| nonsovereign | (adjective) (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: nonautonomous |
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| over | (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, ended, terminated |
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| (noun) (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch | - |
| (adverb) throughout a period of time | Synonyms: o'er |
| (adverb) at or to a point across intervening space etc. | - |
| (adverb) throughout an area | - |
| (adverb) beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position | - |
| (adverb) over the entire area | Synonyms: all over |
| overabundance | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance |
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| (noun) the state of being more than full | Synonyms: excess, surfeit |
| overabundant | (adjective) excessively abundant | Synonyms: plethoric, rife |
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| overachieve | (verb) perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected | - |
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| overachievement | (noun) better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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| overachiever | (noun) a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated | - |
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| overact | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overplay |
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| overacting | (noun) poor acting by a ham actor | Synonyms: hamming |
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| overactive | (adjective) more active than normal | Synonyms: hyperactive |
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| overactivity | (noun) excessive activity | - |
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| overage | (adjective) too old to be useful | Synonyms: over-the-hill, overaged, superannuated |
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| (noun) a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations | - |