over vs under
Definitions
adjective
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
adverb
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout an area
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
Examples
Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the
Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country.
For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300.
Definitions
adverb
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- further down
- below some quantity or limit
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
adjective
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- located below or beneath something else
Examples
As I did at FIAC, I selected 18 galleries and asked their most anglophonic expert to pick an image and talk about it for under two minutes.
Luckily, I have a very understanding boss.
Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses.
