overhead
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈoʊvərˌhɛd/
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aéreo
- The helicopters are overhead.
Oh God, let's change the lighting to overhead and watch what happens.
- Oh God, let's change the lighting to overhead and watch what happens.
- The, the, the luggage with, you know, the overhead compartments open up.
- Anyone that uses their actual apartment overhead lights.
- Again, no overhead light though the main part of the bedroom.
- Flip the overhead lighting on, and let's get down to business.
- Canned lighting because overhead lighting makes you look like you're starring in your own personal mug shot.
Examples
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Put on the overhead light if you like.
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The infinite sky is motionless overhead, and the restless water is boisterous.
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The moon is once again directly overhead and causing yet another high tide.
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You can see that there is plastic tarps overhead to keep this store dry.
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The pale sun was overhead and seen only occasionally through the thick canopy of a tree.
Fiction book (1999) -
There is a low rumble as a truck passes on an overhead expressway.
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Marcus turns off the projector and flips on the overhead room lights.
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The lamp on the table provided sufficient overhead light for the entire room.
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The overhead branches of the oak tree created a cool shade on the picnic area.
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During the storm, we heard thunder rumbling from the overhead clouds.
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- Archaic
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3.2
A machine that shines light through clear plastic sheets to show images on a screen
- Specialized
Time a computer or machine takes to get ready before it runs a command
- Specialized
Time a device takes to get ready before it starts a command
- Specialized
Space on a disk used to store information the computer needs, not your files
- Specialized
A gym exercise that lifts a weight from the shoulder to above the head until the arms are straight
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Etymology
Overhead comes from the parts over- and head, meaning 'above the head'. That's why it describes things that are located or coming from above a person or object.