| Library / English Dictionary |
EXTRA TIME
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
Synonyms:
extra time; overtime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("extra time" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extra time"):
extra innings (overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball)
overtime period (a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball)
tiebreaker (overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer)
sudden death ((sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf)
Holonyms ("extra time" is a part of...):
athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)
