overtime

/'ouvətaim/

Thân thiện

She often has to work overtime at the office.

Definition

1. Adverb:

   • Beyond regular working hours: Refers to work performed outside of one's standard or scheduled work time.
   • Extra time in sports: Refers to an additional period of play beyond the standard regulation time, used to decide a tied contest.

2. Noun (uncountable):

   • Extra working hours: Time worked in addition to one's regular working hours, typically compensated at a higher rate.
   • Extra playing time: An additional period of play in a sports game when the score is tied at the end of the regulation time.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:

  • The project deadline is tight, so the team has to work overtime this week.
  • The hockey game went into overtime after a 2-2 tie in the third period.

• Noun:

  • She earned a lot of extra money from overtime last month.
  • The championship was decided in a thrilling overtime period.

Advanced Usage

• "To put in overtime": To work extra hours.
  • He put in a lot of overtime to finish the annual report.
• "Overtime pay" / "Overtime rate": The higher wage paid for hours worked beyond the standard workweek.
  • Labor laws require overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a week.

Variants and Related Words

• To overtime (verb, rare/technical): In photography, to overexpose film. (Note: This is a very specialized and uncommon usage.)
  • The photographer accidentally overtimed the film, ruining the shot.

Synonyms

• Adverb/Noun (work context): Extra hours, additional time.
• Noun (sports context): Extra time, sudden death (a specific type of overtime).

Related Phrases

• Work overtime: The standard phrase meaning to work beyond one's regular hours.
  • Many employees work overtime during the holiday season.
• Go into overtime: For a sports game to require an extra period to determine a winner.
  • The intense semifinal match went into overtime.
• Overtime winner: The goal or point scored during the overtime period that wins the game.
  • He scored the overtime winner with just ten seconds left.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. beyond the regular time
   • she often has to work overtime

Noun

1. playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
2. work done in addition to regular working hours

Từ đồng nghĩa

• extra time