overt
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5.1
- adjective
- /oʊˈvɜrt/
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abierto
- The teacher appreciated the student's overt enthusiasm during the lesson.
- overt and covert
- overt discrimination
- overt racism
Where I draw the line would be the overt sharing of feelings.
- Where I draw the line would be the overt sharing of feelings.
- And then maybe a more overt aggression that same year.
- It was more at the sort of overt policy level.
- And that's what's constantly buried with all of this overt nationalism.
- But what if it wasn't like overt in your face blackmail?
- But it wasn't as overt as that until I was a little bit older.
- It's meant to be better than the overt brag.
- At the extreme, you may get passive aggressive comments or overt aggressive comments.
- But fresh fish oil, if it hasn't gone bad, actually shouldn't have any overt fishy flavor.
- Conversely, overt contracts always end well.
- There are covert and overt contracts.
- Which makes me believe that it's possible the authors of the editorial have an overt bias or an agenda.
- But I think it's definitely become a lot more overt now.
- You know, it's you know, it does what it says it does and there's no overt error in it.
- So everyone at CIA is all of the staff, CIA employees, your overt and your covert employees, they're all called officers.
- I don't know what what a good example is, but small little criticisms that eventually become more overt and more frequent.
Examples
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Her overt support for the project was clear in every meeting.
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The politician's overt promises to improve education won him many votes.
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All of this is now more overt than it ever has before.
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But there is also a strong, at least overt commitment to free speech.
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Where I draw the line would be the overt sharing of feelings.
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But it shows very much how there are the really overt signs of harassment.
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You have overt propaganda, which is car advertising, right?
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Critics say the Clinton administration had plenty of overt acts of terror committed on its watch.
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There are these pressures, some overt, some covert.
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In order to establish a conspiracy, there has to be an overt act in furtherance.
Synonyms
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1.0
Willing to consider new ideas
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2.5
In public and not hidden so other people can see or hear
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5.1
Easy to see and notice because it stands out
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4.4
Easily seen or noticed
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4.7
Clearly shown and not hidden, often about feelings
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An activity by military or intelligence groups done openly, not secretly
How Open
Surface Forms
Etymology
Overt comes from an old Latin word apertus, which means 'open'. So, something overt is shown 'openly' and 'not hidden'.