If something is over it is finished, across, or above. When a movie is over, you get up and leave. A blanket that's over your feet covers your toes. A painting over a fireplace hangs above it.
Over is related to the German word über, meaning "above," like putting one piece of paper over another, or a ruling over your school, you popular person. Over can describe a distant position: your phone is over there. Or it can mean "throughout an area," like traveling over roads and oceans, or going over the plan before the team starts working.
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beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
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at or to a point across intervening space etc.
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throughout an area
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having come or been brought to a conclusion
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throughout a period of time
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(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
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