overhead
pronunciation
How to pronounce overhead in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvəˈhed , ˈəʊvəhed]
How to pronounce overhead in American English:
US [ˌoʊvərˈhed , ˈoʊvərhed]
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- Noun:
- the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
- (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
- (computer science) the disk space required for non-data information (used for location and timing)
- a transparency for use with an overhead projector
- (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
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- Adjective:
- located or originating from above
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- Adverb:
- above your head; in the sky
- above the head; over the head
Word Origin
- overhead
- 1530s, "above one's head" (adv.), from over- + head. The adjective is attested from 1874. As a noun, short for overhead costs, etc., it is attested from 1914.
Example
- 1. Every few minutes , another incoming flight passes overhead .
- 2. Government helicopters hover overhead , they said , and rebels reported clashes with tanks .
- 3. Overhead an almost silent drone aircraft with a four-foot wingspan transmits images of the buildings below .
- 4. In december , the dispute escalated when japan scrambled fighter jets after a chinese plane was seen overhead .
- 5. A constellation of voices , some familiar , swirled overhead .