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handover or hand-o·ver [ hand -oh-ver ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈhændˌoʊ vər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
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Origin of handover Noun use of verb phrase hand over
Words nearby handover hand-off ,
hand of writ ,
hand on ,
hand organ ,
handout ,
handover ,
hand over fist ,
hand over hand ,
handpass ,
handphone ,
handpick
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Words related to handover abandon ,
cede ,
deliver ,
donate ,
entrust ,
give up ,
hand ,
leave ,
present ,
provide ,
relinquish ,
supply ,
surrender ,
transfer ,
turn over ,
commend ,
commit ,
consign ,
dispense ,
feed
How to use handover in a sentence As the city looks toward a new administration on the 25th anniversary of its handover , the time for transformative action to aid its poor has never been more ripe.
After witnessing the handover , the hospital filed a child-neglect report with the Department of Children and Families, which triggered an investigation.
The handover is both a victory lap for American and Iraqi officials and a symbolic warning to looters that both governments are committed to eradicating the illicit trade of cultural artifacts.
She was a nurse, and after every shift, there’d be a handover report to the incoming doctors and nurses.
The handover was peaceful and happened in eastern Afghanistan along the border, according to a senior U.S. Defense official.
Their seed money came from a smuggling operation that they ran prior to the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China.
A spokesman for the ICC said it had received no information about a handover to Libyan authorities in Tripoli.
The case has split the top leadership of the Communist party, and has cast a shadow over the handover .
But Obama cut off the document handover by invoking executive privilege.
Mrs Handover , by virtue of her sex, instinctively triumphed over him.
Thoroughly well-meaning, Mrs. Handover was the most incompetent of housewives.
On his reply that he thought of removing, Mrs. Handover fell into profound depression, and began to disclose her history.
When the revelation could be postponed no longer, he made known to Mrs Handover that he was about to be married.
I didn't think he was fool enough'—thus only he replied to Mrs. Handover 's anxious questions.
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British Dictionary definitions for handover
verb (tr, adverb)
to surrender possession of; transfer
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Other Idioms and Phrases with handover
Release or relinquish to another's possession or control. For example, You may as well hand over the money , or He decided to hand the store over to his children . [c. 1800] For a synonym, see turn over, def. 5.
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