GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Overtime (?), n.
1. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Sports) An extra period of time provided to play a game, beyond the end of the normal period allowed for the game, for the purpose of resolving a tie score; as, “the team won in overtime”.
[PJC]
sudden death overtime an overtime2 in which the first team to score wins the game; -- contrasted with normal overtime2, which is a fixed period of time during which either team may score as often as they can.
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