o'er

See also: oer, oer-, Oër, ör, and -ör

English

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: ôr, ōʹər, IPA^(key): /ɔɹ/, /ˈoʊ.ɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔː/, /ˈəʊ.ə/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA^(key): /o(ː)ɹ/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /oə/
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Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Homophones:
- (in some rhotic and non-rhotic accents): oar, or, ore
- (in some non-rhotic accents): aw, awe
- (one pronunciation): ower

Adverb

o'er (not comparable)

(literary) Contraction of over

Preposition

o'er

(literary) Contraction of over
- 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way :
  We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew,
  The shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.

See also

o'erleap

Anagrams

EOR, ORE, Ore, Ore., REO, ROE, Roe, ore, roe, öre, øre

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