Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exceeding the normal bounds; immoderate; extravagant.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
over the top .
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- adjective far more than usual or expected
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Examples
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Increasingly devices such as tablets, PCs, mobile phones, car systems and home products are network connected, so that you can download content from the Internet or what they call over-the-top content, directly to a device and play it back in high-quality DTS sound.
unknown title 2011
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Instead of renting Carnegie Hall, however, Vice is hosting what it is calling an "over-the-top, unnecessarily lavish to-do" in Brooklyn.
NYT > Home Page By TANZINA VEGA 2011
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Instead of renting Carnegie Hall, however, Vice is hosting what it is calling an "over-the-top, unnecessarily lavish to-do" in Brooklyn.
NYT > Home Page By TANZINA VEGA 2011
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Instead of renting Carnegie Hall, however, Vice is hosting what it is calling an "over-the-top, unnecessarily lavish to-do" in Brooklyn.
NYT > Home Page By TANZINA VEGA 2011
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Instead of renting Carnegie Hall, however, Vice is hosting what it is calling an "over-the-top, unnecessarily lavish to-do" in Brooklyn.
NYT > Home Page By TANZINA VEGA 2011
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The style in Burkeville could be described as over-the-top, and how well this meshes with farm food depends on the dish.
The New Yorker Lizzie Widdicombe 2012
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But so-called over-the-top providers such as Netflix struggle to compete with the quality of programs provided by Time Warner, CBS and Viacom.
Netflix UK Launch: U.S. Giant Takes A Gamble As Fierce Web-TV Battle Shapes Up With Amazon 2012
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But he also acknowledges the allure of video watched over the Internet—sometimes dubbed "over-the-top"—rather than through a cable box.
Time Warner Cable Sees Its Balance Shifting to Web Sam Schechner 2011
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Non-traditional TV broadcasters, known as "over-the-top" services, are a key concern for large telecom companies - not only do they allow consumers to cut their cable cord, they avoid regulation, such as paying into Canadian Media Fund and simultaneously increase the strain customers put on their Internet providers.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Iain Marlow 2011
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Non-traditional TV broadcasters, known as "over-the-top" services, are a key concern for large telecom companies - not only do they allow consumers to cut their cable cord, they avoid regulation, such as paying into Canadian Media Fund and simultaneously increase the strain customers put on their Internet providers.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Iain Marlow 2011
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