overtime

🇬🇧 UK/'әuvәtaim/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLB2

Definitions

n.

Time worked beyond regular hours; extra pay for such work; an extra period of play to break a tie

加班时间;加班费;(比赛)延长赛

adv.

Beyond regular working hours or normal limits

超时地,加班地

v.

To misjudge the time taken by something

对…计时有误

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
overexcessively, above
+
timestem
=overtime

Common Collocations

  • 1.work overtime加班工作
  • 2.overtime pay加班费
  • 3.go into overtime加时赛

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Employees who work overtime are compensated with overtime pay at a higher rate.

  • 2.

    The basketball game went into overtime when the score was tied at the final buzzer.

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