extra time
noun [ U ] UK uk/ˌek.strə ˈtaɪm/ us/ˌek.strə ˈtaɪm/ (US usually overtime)
（足球比赛的）加时赛
a period of time in a sports game in which play continues if neither team has won in the usual time allowed for the game
United scored three times in extra time to win 4-1.
The game seems likely to go to extra time.
Compare: normal timeovertimeregulation time
- More examples
- We might struggle for 90 minutes and then win in extra time.
- The players were already exhausted when the game went into extra time.
- France scored in the second period of extra time.
- He replaced the injured striker for extra time.
- As extra time approached, he hoped his players' superior fitness would give him the advantage.