overtime Syllabification: (o·ver·time)Pronunciation: /ˈōvərˌtīm/Translate overtime | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of overtime noun time in addition to what is normal, as time worked beyond one’s scheduled working hours:fewer opportunities for overtime [as modifier]:an overtime ban payment for time worked beyond one’s scheduled hours. North American extra time played at the end of a game that is tied at the end of the regulation time:they lost in overtime adverb in addition to normal working hours:they were working overtime to fulfill a big order figurativehis brain was working overtimeovertime in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of overtime in the British & World English dictionary
