What does "overtime" mean?

Working time outside of one's regular hours.

What is a synonym for "overtime"?

Common synonyms include: extra time, anchor watch, bit, day shift, dogwatch, full time.

Pronounced //ˈəʊ.və.taɪm//.

//ˈəʊ.və.taɪm// adv, noun, prep_phrase, verb

adv, noun, prep_phrase, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

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Working time outside of one's regular hours. uncountable
"Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime."
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work done in addition to regular working hours wordnet
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The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours. uncountable
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playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie wordnet
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An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation. US, countable
"That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!"

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A period of time longer than scheduled. countable, uncountable
"Little need be said about the remainder of the run; the Dumfries-Annan and Annan-Carlisle times are very sharp with such loads, and the driver was just observing them, with nothing in hand, though overtime at stations made us late into Carlisle."

Verb

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To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did. transitive
"With automatic timing, overtiming is virtually impossible. However, there are inherent inaccuracies in manual timing of telephone messages which, on the average, tend toward overtiming messages […]"