OVERTIME

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Work done in addition to regular working hours

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("overtime" is a kind of...):

work time (a time period when you are required to work)

Meaning:

Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie

Synonyms:

extra time; overtime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("overtime" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overtime"):

extra innings (overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball)

overtime period (a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball)

tiebreaker (overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer)

sudden death ((sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf)

Holonyms ("overtime" is a part of...):

athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)

Antonym:

regulation time ((sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game)

Meaning:

Beyond the regular time

Example:

she often has to work overtime

Classified under:

Adverbs