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2.
[syn: overtime, extra time]
ADVERB (1)
1. beyond the regular time;
- Example: "she often has to work overtime"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Overtime \O"ver*time`\, n.
1. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working
time.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Sports) An extra period of time provided to play a game,
beyond the end of the normal period allowed for the game,
for the purpose of resolving a tie score; as, the team won
in overtime.
[PJC]
sudden death overtime an overtime[2] in which the first
team to score wins the game; -- contrasted with normal
overtime[2], which is a fixed period of time during which
either team may score as often as they can.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
overtime
adv 1: beyond the regular time; "she often has to work overtime"
n 1: work done in addition to regular working hours
2: playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie [syn:
overtime, extra time] [ant: regulation time]