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Overhead

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Noun

1. budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead

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

2. command overhead, command processing overhead, command processing overhead time, overhead

(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

3. disk overhead, overhead

(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

4. overhead, viewgraph

a transparency for use with an overhead projector

5. overhead

(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship

6. overhead, smash

a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

Adjective

7. overhead

located or originating from above

Example Sentences:
'an overhead crossing'

Adverb

8. overhead

above your head; in the sky

Example Sentences:
'planes were flying overhead'

9. overhead

above the head; over the head

Example Sentences:
'bring the legs together overhead'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overhead

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adjective (ˈəʊvəˌhɛd )
1. 
situated or operating above head height or some other reference level
2. (prenominal)
inclusive
the overhead price included meals
adverb (ˌəʊvəˈhɛd )
3. 
over or above head height, esp in the sky
noun (ˈəʊvəˌhɛd )
4. 
a. 
a stroke in racket games played from above head height
b. 
(as modifier)
an overhead smash
5. nautical
the interior lining above one's head below decks in a vessel
6.  short for overhead door
7. (modifier)
of, concerned with, or resulting from overheads
overhead costs

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Overhead

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adjective
1. 
a. 
located or operating above the level of the head
b.  US
designating a door, as of a garage, that moves into place overhead when opened
2. 
in the sky
3. 
on a higher level, with reference to related objects
a machine with an overhead drive
4. 
having to do with the overhead of a business
5.  Sport
made with a downward motion from above the head
an overhead stroke
noun
6. 
the general, continuing costs involved in running a business, as of rent, maintenance, utilities, etc.
7.  Navy
the ceiling of a compartment
8.  Sport
a type of shot, as in tennis, made with a hard, overhead stroke
adverb
9. 
above the level of the head; aloft

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Overhead

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adj.
1. Located, functioning, or originating from above.
2. Of or relating to the operating expenses of a business.
n.
1. The operating expenses of a business, including the costs of rent, utilities, interior decoration, and taxes, exclusive of labor and materials.
2. Nautical The top surface in an enclosed space of a ship.
3. Something, such as a light fixture, that is located above head height.
4. Sports A stroke in a game, such as tennis or badminton, that is made with a hard downward motion from above the head.
5.
a. An overhead projector.
b. The image projected by an overhead projector.
adv. (ō′vər-hĕd)
Over or above the level of the head; high or higher up: look overhead.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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