over the years

:  across a barrier or intervening (see intervene 4) space

:  across the goal line in football

:  forward beyond an edge or brink and often down

: used as a function word to indicate motion or situation in a position higher than or above another

: used as a function word to indicate the possession of authority, power, or jurisdiction in regard to some thing or person

: used as a function word to indicate superiority, advantage, or preference

:  upper, higher

:  outer, covering

:  excessive

:  to leap over

:  the period of about 365¹/₄ solar days required for one revolution of the earth around the sun

:  the time required for the apparent sun to return to an arbitrary fixed or moving reference point in the sky

:  the time in which a planet completes a revolution about the sun