overhead.
Located above, especially over the head.
Meaning & usage
Located above, especially over the head.
Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.
Kicked over one's own head.
Where this word comes from
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.
The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
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.
Wasted money.
A smash.
The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
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.
An overhead throw.
A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.
Where this word comes from
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.
Above one's head; in the sky.
birds flying overhead
Per head; for each individual.
Where this word comes from
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.
Above.
Where this word comes from
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.
An overhead projector.
A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
Where this word comes from
(Sense 1) Abbreviation of overhead projector. : (Sense 2) Back-formation from overhead projector.
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