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over

preposition (OTHER SIDE)
 
 
/ˈəʊ.vər/ US  /ˈoʊ.vɚ/

Definition

B1 on the other side of: There's a pub over the road we could go to. The story continues over the page.Through, across, opposite and against
(Definition of over preposition (OTHER SIDE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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