NOUN | time | extra time, overtime | playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie |
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Meaning | Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie. | |
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Synonym | overtime | |
Part of | athletic game | A game / game involving athletic activity |
Narrower | extra innings | overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning |
overtime period | A period of overtime play to resolve a tie | |
sudden death | (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores | |
tiebreaker | overtime play in order to break a tie | |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Opposite | regulation time | (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game |
Spanish | overtime, prórroga | |
Catalan | pròrroga |
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