Extra time is the added minutes played when a match ends level. Go to extra time, win in extra time, thirty minutes of extra time.
In football it is two halves of fifteen minutes, and a penalty shoot-out follows if the score is still level. Americans call it overtime, which covers the same idea in several sports.
1phraseextra timeThe added minutes played when the match ends level.
“The tie was settled in the last minute of extra time.”
extra time is a period of play.
Also accepted in games: overtime
Practised in Sports & Fitness