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{{cap|finished}}; ended; concluded.

(botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.

(hopeless) (of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.

(informal) Visiting one's home or other location.

Having surmounted an obstacle.

(informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.

Surplus to requirements.

(slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.

{{n-g|Describing a physical change of position or state.}}

From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".

Across from one side of something to the other.

So as to pass above.

Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.

Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.

From an upright position to a horizontal one.

So as to fold towards or onto itself.

On top of something, or so as to cover something.

So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.

So as to reverse or exchange position(s).

{{n-g|Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.}}

{{n-g|Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.}}

Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.

(often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; ''see also over-.

Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.

To a future time.

Overnight {{gloss|throughout the night}}.

{{n-g|Indicating repetition.}}

(with ''do'') Again; another time; once more; over again.

{{n-g|Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.}}

{{n-g|See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.}}

(cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.

Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.

(informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.

(gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.

{{n-g|Expressing spatial relationship or movement.}}

Above; higher than; further up than.

Across, from one side to the other.

Across, so as to pass above.

Through or around all the parts of.

On the other side of.

(informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).

From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.

Across (something) and then downwards.

On top of; in such a way as to cover.

{{n-g|Expressing comparison.}}

More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.

To a greater degree than.

(in certain collocations) As compared to.

During or throughout (a time period).

Through or via (a particular transmission medium).

{{n-g|Indicating relative status, authority, or power}}

In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; {{n-g|from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two}}.

While doing an activity involving (something), {{non-gloss|especially}} while consuming.

Concerning or regarding.

Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.

{{n-g|Expressing causation}}: due to, as the result of.

(mathematics) Divided by. +

(poker) {{n-g|Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.}}

(more common in speech) {{ng|Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note}}

(military) {{n-g|A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.}}

{{n-g|Instructs the reader to turn the page and continue reading the other side.}}

(slang) (expressing disbelief etc.).

(obsolete) To go over, or jump over.

(obsolete) To run about.

(obsolete) A shore, riverbank.