overs
USOH-vurz/ˈoʊ.vɚz/UKOH-vuhz/ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)z/
- 1Plural of over.
Rain cut the match short, leaving several overs unbowled.
The captain saved his best bowler for the final overs of the innings.
Note
In cricket, the plural counts sets of six legal balls, so overs measure how far an innings has run. The same plural also serves the other nouns spelled over: surplus amounts of money or goods, and bets that a sporting statistic will finish above a stated value. Only context tells a scorecard from a ledger or a betting slip.
overs is a form of over
over, noun: In cricket, a set of six legal deliveries bowled by one bowler from one end, after which play switches ends. Full entry
- Forms
- overovers plural
- Spelling
- over → overs: add -s
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