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# handover

noun (a handover, handovers)

«handover» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A handover is the act of passing something, such as a job, power or a place, from one person or group to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#m1)
2. (work) A meeting where a worker tells the next worker what they need to know, such as nurses at the end of a shift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#m2)
3. (sport) Passing the baton in a relay race (more often called the changeover). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#m3)

### In the lessons

In adult work life, nurses and doctors do a handover between shifts; in history, a handover of power or a territory (for example, a colony to another country) is a big event. In relay races, the handover of the baton must be smooth. Phrases: «a smooth handover», «handover of power», «shift handover».

### Examples

- The nurses had a handover at seven o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#x1)
- The handover of the keys happened at the new house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#x2)
- The new head teacher had a long handover with the old one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#x3)
- Our relay team practised the baton handover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#x4)
- The handover of power was peaceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#x5)
- After the handover, the new owners moved in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#x6)
- The teacher wrote handover notes for the supply teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun, one word. The verb is two words: «hand over» («Please hand over your phones»). Similar: changeover, transfer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «handover» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handover/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«handover» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handover.html) on Mova free.