stop over meaning

stop over as a verb

1. interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
   • We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil

   Synonyms: lay over

   Type of: stop

   Related forms: stopover

2. interrupt a trip
   • we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
   • they stopped for three days in Florence

   Synonyms: stop

   Type of: interrupt

   Kinds: call, lay over

stop over in a sentence

• We had to stop over in San Francisco for two hours due to the fog.
• We stopped over in Athens on our way to Paris.
• He stopped over at Los Angeles and Chicago.
• How about stopping over at Kyoto and sightseeing at the old capital?
• Can I stop over in Boston?

How to pronounce stop over

stop over is pronounced /stɒp ˈəʊvə/ in British English and /stɑp ˈoʊvɚ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.