Definitions of Overhead [ˈoʊ vərˌhænd]

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Definition of 'Overhead'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adv.) overhead
above one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, esp. near the zenith.

2.  overhead
so as to be completely submerged or engulfed:
to plunge overhead in water.

3. (adj.) overhead
situated, operating, or passing above, aloft, or over the head.

4.  overhead
of or pertaining to the general costs of running a business.

5. (n.) overhead
the general, fixed costs of running a business, as rent, lighting, and heating expenses, that cannot be charged to a specific product or part of the work operation.

6.  overhead
(in racket sports) a stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a downward motion from above the head; smash.

7.  overhead
an overhead compartment, shelf, etc.

8.  overhead
a ceiling light.

9.  overhead
Also called overhead projector. an apparatus that projects images above and behind the operator when transparencies are placed horizontally on its surface and lighted from below.

10.  overhead
Also called overhead projection. a picture or image thus projected.

Etymology: (1425–75)

Definition of 'Overhead'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget items
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

2. (noun) command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, overhead
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

3. (noun) disk overhead, overhead
(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

4. (noun) viewgraph, overhead
a transparency for use with an overhead projector

5. (noun) overhead
(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship

6. (adj) overhead, smash
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

7. (adverb) overhead
located or originating from above
"an overhead crossing"

8. (adverb) overhead
above your head; in the sky
"planes were flying overhead"

9. (adverb) overhead
above the head; over the head
"bring the legs together overhead"

Definition of 'Overhead'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adverb) overhead
above sb
Seagulls cried overhead.; the overhead luggage compartments in the plane

Translation of 'Overhead'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: above; over one's head The plane flew overhead; an overhead bridge.
Afrikaans: bolug=, bogronds; oorhoof	Arabic: فَوق، عُلْوي	Bulgarian: над главата
Brazilian: por cima	Czech: nad hlavou; visutý	German: oben, hoch-...
Danish: over hovedet	Greek: από πάνω, πάνω από το κεφ	Spanish: arriba, por encima de la
Estonian: pea kohal (olev)	Farsi: بالای سر	Finnish: yli
French: au-dessus (de nos têtes);	Hebrew: מְעַל לַרֹאש	Hindi: सिर के ऊपर से होने वाला
Croatian: iznad, gore	Hungarian: felül	Indonesian: di atas kepala
Icelandic: fyrir ofan, uppi yfir	Italian: in alto, in cielo; aereo	Japanese: 頭上に
Korean: 머리 위에	Lithuanian: viršuje, virš galvos; auk	Latvian: augšā; gaisa-; gaisā; vir
Malay: di atas	Dutch: boven, lucht-	Norwegian: ovenpå, over hodet, høyt
Polish: górą, napowietrzny	Persian: بالای سر	Pashto: پر سر
Portuguese: por cima	Romanian: (pe) deasupra (capului)	Russian: наверху, над головой; под
Slovak: nad hlavou; visutý	Slovenian: nad glavo	Serbian: iznad glave
Swedish: över huvudet, uppe i luft	Thai: ที่อยู่เหนือหัว	Turkish: havada, tepede, yukarıdan
Taiwanese: 在頭項上(的)	Ukrainian: повітряний; надземний	Urdu: سر کے اوپر
Vietnamese: phía trên đầu	Chinese: 在头项上（的）
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