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# overtime

«overtime» in Mova's school dictionary: **extra time that someone works after their normal working…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (overtime, uncountable); adverb (overtime)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Overtime is extra time that someone works after their normal working hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#m1)

2) Overtime is also the money paid for that extra work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#m2)

3) (sport, USA, Canada) Extra time added to the end of a game when the score is tied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#m3)

4) Working overtime (informal): working very hard: «My brain is working overtime». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In adult work life and in maths money problems, overtime is often paid at a higher rate, such as «time and a half». In North American sport, a game «goes into overtime»; in the UK, football has «extra time». Phrases: «work overtime», «do overtime», «overtime pay», «go into overtime».

### examples

- Dad worked overtime to finish the job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#x1)
- Mum gets extra money for doing overtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#x2)
- The hockey game went into overtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#x3)
- My imagination was working overtime last night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#x4)
- Nurses often work overtime during busy weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#x5)
- If Sam earns ten dollars an hour and fifteen dollars for each hour of overtime, how much does he get for two hours of overtime? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#x6)
- The shop pays overtime at time and a half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/#x7)

### note

Uncountable noun; also an adverb («work overtime»). Maths: «time and a half» means pay × 1.5; «double time» means pay × 2. UK football says «extra time», North American sports «overtime».

### In the corpora

- [Overtime is working extra hours beyond the normal ones; sometimes it is paid at a higher rate, sometimes not paid at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overtime» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overtime/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.