overtime

overtime
1. noun
Überstunden

work ten hours'/put in a lot of overtime — zehn/eine Menge Überstunden machen

be on overtime — Überstunden machen

2. adverb

work overtime — Überstunden machen

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noun
(time spent in working beyond one's set number of hours etc: He did five hours' overtime this week.) die Überstunden (pl.)
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ˈover·time
n no pl
1. (extra work) Überstunden pl
to be on [or do] [or work] \overtime Überstunden machen
2. (pay) Überstundenvergütung f
\overtime premium Überstundenzuschlag m
to earn \overtime Überstunden bezahlt bekommen
3. AM SPORT (extra time) Verlängerung f
the game went into \overtime das Spiel ging in die Verlängerung
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['əʊvətaɪm]
1. n
1) Überstunden pl

I am on overtime or doing overtime — ich mache Überstunden

he did four hours' overtime — er hat vier (Stunden) Überstunden gemacht

2) (US SPORT) Verlängerung f

we had to play overtime — es gab eine Verlängerung

2. adv

to work overtime — Überstunden machen

my imagination was working overtime (inf) — meine Fantasie or Phantasie lief auf Hochtouren

his liver's been working overtime to keep up with all this alcohol (inf) — seine Leber musste sich ganz schön ranhalten (inf) or lief auf Hochtouren (inf), um all den Alkohol zu verkraften

we shall have to work overtime to regain the advantage we have lost (fig) — wir müssen uns mächtig ranhalten, wenn wir den verlorenen Vorsprung wieder wettmachen wollen (inf)

3. vt
["əʊvə'taɪm] (PHOT) überbelichten

the programme planners overtimed the symphony — die Programmgestalter hatten zu viel Zeit für die Sinfonie or Symphonie eingeplant

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overtime [ˈ-taım]
A s
1. WIRTSCH
a) Überstunden pl:
be on (oder do) overtime Überstunden machen;
two hours overtime zwei Überstunden
b) Überstundenvergütung f
2. allg zusätzliche (Arbeits)Zeit
3. SPORT US Verlängerung f:
after overtime;
the game went into overtime das Spiel ging in die Verlängerung
B adv über die Zeit (hinaus):
work overtime
a) Überstunden machen,
b) fig sich ranhalten;
his mouth worked overtime umg er brachte den Mund nicht mehr zu, er hörte nicht mehr auf zu reden;
the game went overtime SPORT US das Spiel ging in die Verlängerung
C adj WIRTSCH Überstunden…, Mehrarbeits…:
overtime pay → A 1 b;
overtime premium Überstundenzuschlag m
D v/t [ˌ-ˈtaım] FOTO überbelichten
OT abk
1. occupational therapy
2. BIBEL Old Testament AT
3. overtime
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1. noun
Überstunden

work ten hours'/put in a lot of overtime — zehn/eine Menge Überstunden machen

be on overtime — Überstunden machen

2. adverb

work overtime — Überstunden machen

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n.
Überstunde f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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