{
    "term": "overtime",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "time that you spend working at your job after you have worked the normal hours",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **do/work overtime**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**overtime pay/earnings/hours**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The union announced a ban on overtime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I do about five hours' overtime a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She puts in a lot of overtime."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excessive", "paid", "unpaid"],
                "verb + overtime": ["do", "put in", "work"],
                "overtime + noun": ["earnings", "pay", "payments"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the money somebody earns for doing overtime",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They pay $150 a day plus overtime."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excessive", "paid", "unpaid"],
                "verb + overtime": ["do", "put in", "work"],
                "overtime + noun": ["earnings", "pay", "payments"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a set period of time that is added to the end of a sports game, etc., if there is no winner at the end of the normal period",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English(sport)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The game went into overtime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stanford scored two goals in the last minute to force overtime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The first overtime period ended with no scoring."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were unlucky to lose in overtime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an impressive overtime win against Denver"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He scored with only seven seconds remaining in the second overtime."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["first", "second", "etc."],
                "verbs": ["go into", "force"],
                "overtime + noun": ["period", "victory", "win"],
                "preposition": ["in overtime"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very active or too active",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was nothing to worry about. It was just her imagination working overtime."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈəʊvətaɪm/",
                "audio": "ov/overtime/overtime__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈəʊvərtaɪm/",
                "audio": "ov/overtime/overtime__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}