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Definition: Overtop |
OvertopVerb1. Look down on; "The villa dominates the town". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overtop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Note: Overtop \O`ver*top"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Overtopped; present participle verb or noun Overtopping.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: OvertopSynonyms: command (v), dominate (v), overlook (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Height | Verb: be high; Adjective: tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over;orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover; overtop; (be superior); stand on tiptoe. |
Summit | Verb: culminate, crown, top; overtop; (be superior to). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Overtop |
| English words defined with "overtop": Outtop, Overtopped, Overtopping. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "overtop": Freeboard. (references) |
| "Overtop" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Overtop" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "overtop"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ngrihem mbi, jam më i lartë se (rise above). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فاق (exceed, excel, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outshine, outweigh, surpass, top). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надвишавам (surpass), превъзхождам (beat, cap, domineer, exceed, extinguish, outbalance, outclass, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outrival, outstrip, out-top, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overmatch, overpass, surpass, transcend), превишавам (exceed, go beyond, outmatch, overpoise, stretch), по-висок съм от (out-top), издигам се над (overlook, surmount). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فاءق امدن بر, بلندتربودن , برتی جستن بر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | submerger (overwhelm), se déverser (overflow), déborder (boil over, brim over, overfill, overflow, run over, run over smb. smth.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überströmen (communicate itself, flood, overflow, spread), überragen (exceed, jut out, outdo, outshine, protrude, surpass, tower above, tower over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπερβαίνω (exceed, go beyond, outdo, outstrip, overdraw, overreach, overrun, overstep, pass, surmount, surpass, transcend, transgress), υπερυψώνομαι, δεσπόζω (dominate, domineer, overlook, tower above). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kimagaslik (to exceed, to excel, to overtop, to shoot out, to stand off, to stand out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tracimare (flow off, overflow, run off), sovrastare (be imminent, forthcoming, hang over, overhang, overlook, stand above, surpass, to be imminent, to be in store, to impend, top), sommergere (flood, overrun, overwhelm, sink, submerge, swamp), elevarsi al disopra di. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overtopay som harmônico, sobrelevar em altura, levar a melhor sobre (outdo, outsmart, outvie, overbear, overcome a difficulty, overmature, overreach, worst), elevar-se de. (various references) fi mai înalt decât, întrece în înãlţime. (various references) быть выше (out-top, rise above), превосходить (be superior to, exceed, excel, get ahead of, go beyond, outbalance, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outnumber, outperform, outrank, outreach, out-top, overbear, overpass, precede, preponderate, shine down, surpass, top, transcend). (various references) nadvisiti (exceed, out-top, surpass), nadmašiti (beat, break, cap, excel, outbalance, outbid, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outreach, outride, outstrip, out-top, outvie, overmatch, score off, surpass, top, top up, transcend), štrčati iznad. (various references) descollar sobre. (various references) vara högre än (top). (various references) tepesini aşmak (overtower), üstünlük sağlamak (get the whip hand of smb., outclass, outflank, outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, overtower, score over). (various references) височіти над чимсь, затьмарювати (alloy, begloom, blear, cloud, darken, eclipse, obfuscate, obscure, outdazzle, overcast, overcloud, overshade, overshadow, shade, shadow, shine down), бути вищого гатунку (out-top), перевершувати (bang, beggar, better, go beyond, outbalance, outgo, outray, outreach, out-top, overpass, overpeer, overshoot, surpass, transcend), переважати (beat, cart, exceed, outrank, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overgang, overpass, overpower, precede, predominate, preponderate, prevail), перевищувати (exceed, outreach, out-top, overdraw, overrun, overshoot, preponderate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | exsuperat, supereminens, supereminentem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overtop": overtopped, overtopping, overtops. (additional references) | |
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"Overtop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Logetorp, obertor, o'ertop, overgo, Oxeotope. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-o-p-r-t-v" | |
-2 letters: overt, poove, prove, repot, toper, troop, trope, trove, voter. | |
-3 letters: over, pert, poet, poor, pore, port, repo, root, rope, rote, roto, rove, tope, tore, toro, trop, vert, veto, vote. | |
-4 letters: oot, ope, opt, ore, ort, per, pet, pot, pro, rep, ret, rev, roe, rot, toe, too, top, tor, vet, voe. | |
-5 letters: er, et, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-o-p-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: overplot, overtops, stopover. | |
+2 letters: overplots, promotive, stopovers, vaporetto. | |
+3 letters: evaporator, overpotent, overreport, overtopped, vaporettos. | |
+4 letters: cooperative, corporative, evaporation, evaporators, overexploit, overoperate, overplotted, overpromote, overprotect, overreports, overtopping, postdivorce, provocateur, provocative. | |
+5 letters: cooperatives, evaporations, flavoprotein, nonoperative, overexploits, overoperated, overoperates, overoptimism, overoptimist, overplotting, overpopulate, overpromoted, overpromotes, overprotects, overreported, photoengrave, photogravure, preovulatory, provocateurs, provocatives, seropositive, velociraptor. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 74 6F 70 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. - --- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101111 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r t o p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0074 006F 0070 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49887184868182 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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