Over as a preposition

Over for movement and position

We use over to talk about movement or position at a higher level than
something else:
A beautiful white bird flew over the lake.
With an umbrella over my head, I was able to protect myself
from the midday sun.
We can also use over when talking about movement across a surface:
A small boat came over the lake and approached our cottage.
Shall we go over the road and see if there’s a bank on the other
side?

Over and all over

We can use over, and the stronger form all over, when something is
covering something:
You can buy a plastic cover to put over your computer if you’re
worried about dust.
He had mud all over his face.

Over for periods of time

We can use over to refer to extended periods of time:
Over a period of three centuries, very little changed in the
pattern of life for the poorest people.
What are you doing over the summer holidays? Are you going
away?

Over with numbers

Over means ‘more than’ a particular number, or limit:
There were over 100 people at the lecture.
If your hand baggage weighs over 10 kilos, you must check it in.
She couldn’t enter the competition. She was over the age limit.
Over as an adverb
We can use over as an adverb to talk about movement above something or
someone:
We were sitting in the garden and a huge flock of geese
flew over. It was beautiful.
Over as an adverb can mean ‘to someone’s house’:
Would you like to come over and have dinner one evening? (to
the speaker’s house)

Over and over (adverb phrase)

Over and over means ‘repeatedly’, ‘many times’. It often refers to things
which people do not want to happen:
[adult to a little child]
Stop it! I’ve told you over and over not to play with the radio!

Over as an adjective: be over

We can use be over to mean ‘finished’, ‘at an end’:
We were so late that, when we got to the cinema, the film was over.

Over as a prefix
We can use over as a prefix to mean ‘too much’. We connect over to the
word which comes after it, sometimes with a hyphen after over:
That new restaurant is overpriced if you ask me. (the meals are too
expensive)
I didn’t enjoy the play. It was a student production, and everyone
seemed to be overacting.