extending directly upwards from

I saw flames over Berlin

cook the sauce over a moderate heat

at a higher level or layer than

his flat was over the shop

higher or more than (a specified number or quantity)

over 40 degrees C

they've been married for over a year

expressing passage or trajectory across

she trudged over the lawn

expressing duration

you've given us a lot of heartache over the years

she told me over coffee

expressing the medium by which something is done; by means of

a voice came over the loudspeaker

on the subject of

a long and heated debate over unemployment

no longer affected by

we were over the worst

expressing passage or trajectory across an area

he leant over and tapped me on the hand

beyond and falling or hanging from a point

she knocked the jug over

used to express action and result

the car flipped over

hand the money over

used to express repetition of a process

the jukebox plays every song twice over

twice over

the sums will have to be done over again

(in two-way radio communication) used to indicate that the speaker has finished speaking and is awaiting a reply

finished or complete

the match is over

the danger is not completely over

it was a bad period of my life, but it's all over now

a sequence of six balls bowled by a bowler from one end of the pitch, after which another bowler takes over from the other end