overhead
The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services providedThe expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
» I saw a helicopter flying overhead.
Meaning
13 senses(uncountable)The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
allgemeine Unkosten
накладны́е расхо́дыnakladnýje rasxódy
(countable)The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
(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.
Mehraufwand
(uncountable)Wasted money.
vergeudetes Geld
(countable, uncountable)A smash.
(countable, uncountable)The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
(countable, uncountable)A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
(countable, uncountable)The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
(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.
Overhead
(countable, uncountable)An overhead throw.
a transparency for use with an overhead projector
(countable, uncountable)A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.
(countable)An overhead projector.
Examples
70 sentencesI saw a helicopter flying overhead.
Tom switched off the overhead light.
Tom turned on the overhead light.
I heard a helicopter flying overhead.
I turned off the overhead light.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (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.
(Sense 1) Abbreviation of overhead projector.
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Forms
plural: overheadsSynonyms
9 synonyms- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head:smash
- a transparency for use with an overhead projector:viewgraph
- (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing:disk 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:operating expenseoperating costbudget items
- (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command:command processing overhead timecommand processing overheadcommand overhead
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable