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{
"term": "overtime",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "time that you spend working at your job after you have worked the normal hours",
"labels": "(British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both especially British English)(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **do/work overtime**"
},
{
"text": "**overtime pay/earnings/hours**"
},
{
"text": "The union announced a ban on overtime."
},
{
"text": "I do about five hours' overtime a week."
},
{
"text": "She puts in a lot of overtime."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["excessive", "paid", "unpaid"],
"verb + overtime": ["do", "put in", "work"],
"overtime + noun": ["earnings", "pay", "payments"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the money somebody earns for doing overtime",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They pay $150 a day plus overtime."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["excessive", "paid", "unpaid"],
"verb + overtime": ["do", "put in", "work"],
"overtime + noun": ["earnings", "pay", "payments"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a set period of time that is added to the end of a sports game, etc., if there is no winner at the end of the normal period",
"labels": "(North American English)British English(sport)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The game went into overtime."
},
{
"text": "Stanford scored two goals in the last minute to force overtime."
},
{
"text": "The first overtime period ended with no scoring."
},
{
"text": "We were unlucky to lose in overtime."
},
{
"text": "an impressive overtime win against Denver"
},
{
"text": "He scored with only seven seconds remaining in the second overtime."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["first", "second", "etc."],
"verbs": ["go into", "force"],
"overtime + noun": ["period", "victory", "win"],
"preposition": ["in overtime"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be very active or too active",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was nothing to worry about. It was just her imagination working overtime."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈəʊvətaɪm/",
"audio": "ov/overtime/overtime__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈəʊvərtaɪm/",
"audio": "ov/overtime/overtime__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}