overhead
NOUN · English
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The corpus records 11 senses of overhead. Each sense below has its own Add to list, so you choose the one you mean.
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Experimental coverage — measured below Partial on the number of recorded words, definitions, translations, word forms and pronunciation. Treat entries as evidence to check; meanings may be incomplete.
English is Experimental in Words. Support is measured, not declared: a language reaches Partial only when every measure meets its threshold, and a measure that has not been taken does not count. The development corpus holds 60 source-backed words in English. What is shown may be incomplete, and pronunciation audio, generated forms and generated examples are not offered.
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Definition: The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: 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. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: Wasted money. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: A smash. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft. From a source of medium confidence.
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- 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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Definition: The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: 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. From a source of medium confidence.
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- 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. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: An overhead throw. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another. From a source of medium confidence.
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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. From a source of medium confidence.
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