If a game of football, hockey, or basketball goes into extra time, the game continues for a set period after it would usually have ended because both teams have the samescore.
[British]
Cambridge won 2–0 after extra time.
regional note: in AM, use overtime
extra time in British English
noun
sport
an additional period played at the end of a match, to compensate for time lost through injury or (in certain circumstances) to allow the teams to achieve a conclusive result
A spokesman for Heathrow told passengers to check the status of their flight and to allow extra time to get to the airport.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Be sure to set aside extra time for the relationship.
The Sun (2013)
They are as excited and volatile as a football crowd in extra time.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The tie went to penalties only after the most dramatic of extra time periods.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Will any of them be able to stay awake if the game goes to extra time?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Instead of four minutes extra time there was five minutes extra time when they scored.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Visitors should allow extra time for journeys fco.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Stick then won the match in extra time with a dropped goal from the halfway line.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
More boos followed the end of the first period of extra time.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The attack came when the ref blew the final whistle after the game went into extra time.
The Sun (2012)
Allow extra time if you need to contact the bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If there is no outcome after extra time then the matches will be decided on penalties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He had taken the game to extra time.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Allow extra time for an important journey.
The Sun (2007)
And the resultant successful penalty goal saw the match go into extra time.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Ending extra time would simply produce a knock-on effect into normal time.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
On the other hand, in extra time teams score significantly fewer goals.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But last night, all that was forgotten when he headed home in the second period of extra time.
The Sun (2014)
I kicked the winning goal, in the last minute of extra time.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
After a goalless period of extra time, it went to the dreaded lottery of spot-kicks.
The Sun (2014)
It was no consolation that he was the fifth player to miss in the shootout after the game had finished 2-2 at the end of extra time.
The Sun (2012)
His goalbound header was handled on the line in the last minutes of extra time against Uruguay on Friday.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Then, I needed to set aside extra time for study.
Christianity Today (2000)
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extra time
British English: extra time NOUN
If a game of football, hockey, or basketball goes into extra time, the game continues for a set period after it would usually have ended because both teams have the same score.