Overtime Period (Noun)
Meaning
A period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The game went into an overtime period after both teams were tied at the end of the fourth quarter.
- The referee reviewed the final shot in the overtime period to determine whether time had expired.
- The overtime period has been the deciding factor in the team's previous three games.
- The coach's strategy for the overtime period paid off with a three-point shot at the buzzer.
- A five-minute overtime period was played before the winner was decided in the championship game.