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overhead en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- ōʹvə-hĕd'
- (US) audio
- /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/
- (Southern-England) audio
- ōʹvər-hĕd'
- /ˈoʊvɚˌhɛd/
Etymology
From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.
Meanings
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Located above, especially over the head.
In a city where media companies and hospitals have armed guards, this accessibility is unusual. Inside, drivers sit and chat in between shifts, the overhead fan whirring and causing the dim electric light to flicker over their faces.
2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian:Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.
The railway consists of some 18 miles of double track electrified on the overhead principle.
1957 June 14, F. K. Pearson, “The Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 425:
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Kicked over one's own head.
It was Rooney, however, who produced a moment of inspiration to score a stunning overhead kick that will live forever in the memory of United's fans and extended City's dismal sequence of only one league win in their last 27 visits to Old Trafford.
2011 February 12, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 2 - 1 Man City”, in BBC:
Forms
Deriveds
overhead transparency · overhead bin · command processing overhead time · overhead valve · overhead crane · overhead squat · overhead line · overhead press · overhead engine · overhead restaurant · overhead cam · overhead fan · overhead kick · nonoverhead · overhead bridge restaurant
Translations (30)
mi i runga (located above) · de darüber (located above) · de oben (located above) · hu általános (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · sv ovanifrån (located above) · sv nickning (kicked over one's own head) · sv ovan (located above) · es de gastos generales (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · ga lastuas (located above) · es de arriba (located above) · fi pään päällä oleva (located above) · mi o runga (located above) · sh hladni pogon (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · hu felső (located above) · hu fej fölötti (located above) · hu fenntartási (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · hu állandó (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · fi yläpuolinen (located above) · hu rezsi- (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · sh fiksni trošak (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · de Überkopf- (located above) · eo supre (located above) · mi ki runga (located above) · ca despeses generals (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · bg горен (located above) · hu fenti (located above) · tr genel giderlerle ilgili (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · fi yläpuolella oleva (located above) · hu fix (of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business) · tr başın üstünde (located above)
overhead en · ADP · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.
Meanings
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Above.
Cigarette smoke was sucked out through the cracks in the glass of the glazed panes overhead the side street and the parking lot.
1976 August 14, Matthew Wolfe, “Cruising a Tea Room or; Does Gertrude Stein Really Drink Coffee”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 15:
overhead en · ADV · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- ō'və-hĕdʹ
- /ˌoʊvɚˈhɛd/
- (Southern-England) audio
- (US) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌəʊvəˈhɛd/
Etymology
From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.
Meanings
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Above one's head; in the sky.
Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:birds flying overhead
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(archaic) Per head; for each individual.
[…] the influence of the minister's week-day attentions, first in creating, and afterwards in keeping up among the people of his parish their habit of Sabbath attendance. So indispensable in towns is the connexion between these two things, that were seat-rents let down at this moment to two shillings overhead, or even annihilated, so as to throw open the whole of the church room at accessible prices to the lowest of the people, we shall greatly mistake the result if we look for a great and visible increase of attendance per saltum on the part of the parish families.
1838, Thomas Chalmers, On Church Extension, page 194:
Forms
Translations (20)
hu fölöttünk (above one's head) · tr yukarıda (above one's head) · tr havada (above one's head) · hu a fejünk felett (above one's head) · de darüber (above one's head) · ru наверху́ (above one's head) · es en lo alto (above one's head) · la insuper (above one's head) · ga lastuas (above one's head) · hu fent (above one's head) · hu a levegőben/magasban/tetőn/mennyezeten (above one's head) · tr başdan yukarıda (above one's head) · fi taivaalla (above one's head) · fi pään päällä (above one's head) · de Überkopf- (above one's head) · de oben (above one's head) · bg отгоре (above one's head) · fi yläpuolella (above one's head) · hu az égen (above one's head) · cmn 頭上 /头上 (above one's head)
overhead en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- ōʹvə-hĕd'
- (US) audio
- /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/
- (Southern-England) audio
- ōʹvər-hĕd'
- /ˈoʊvɚˌhɛd/
Etymology
From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
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(countable) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
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(uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
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(uncountable) Wasted money.
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(countable, uncountable) A smash.
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(countable, uncountable) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
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(countable, uncountable) A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
There was no room left in the overheads for our luggage, our seats did not recline, and the washrooms were right behind us.
2013, Rana Florida, Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary:
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(countable, uncountable) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
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(countable, uncountable) Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
Network overhead is the header data that is required to route and transport data over the network, whereas fork overhead is the additional time and memory cost of creating and managing new processes within the operating system.
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(countable, qualifier:by ellipsis, uncountable) An overhead throw.
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(countable, uncountable) A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.
Forms
Deriveds
computational overhead| digital overhead
Translations (30)
de Mehraufwand (any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity) · it costi di gestione (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · tr boşa harcanan para (wasted money) · mi utu whakahaere (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · id beban taklangsung (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · id biaya umum (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · hu üzemi rezsi (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · sv overhead (data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation) · ms اوۏرهيد (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · es gastos generales (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · no overhead (data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation) · pt overhead (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · ru накладны́е расхо́ды (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · hu improduktív költségek/kiadások/ráfordítás (any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity) · ja オーバーヘッド (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · de vergeudetes Geld (wasted money) · es cableado/cablerío elevado (system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses) · id biaya tambahan (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · pl narzut (data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation) · it inefficienza (any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity) · cmn 間接費用 /间接费用 (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · sv omkostnad (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · de allgemeine Unkosten (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · de Overhead (data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation) · ja 間接費 (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · fr frais généraux (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · es cablería de arriba (system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses) · da profitmargin (any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity) · fi kiinteät kustannukset (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided) · tr genel giderler (expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided)
overhead en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- ōʹvə-hĕd'
- (US) audio
- /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/
- (Southern-England) audio
- ōʹvər-hĕd'
- /ˈoʊvɚˌhɛd/
Etymology
(Sense 1) Abbreviation of overhead projector.
: (Sense 2) Back-formation from overhead projector.
Meanings
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(countable) An overhead projector.
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(countable) A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
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