overt

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Open and not concealed or secret.
2. (not-comparable) Disclosed.

Noun

An action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour.

Teenoorgestelde van

covert, hidden, nonovert

Sinonieme

open

obvious

public

patent

evident

manifest

explicit

clear

undisguised

avowed

professed

unconcealed

apparent

frank

bald

barefaced

blazing

cleat

declared

head-on

light

official

plain

Vertalings

abierto

ouvert

offenkundig

offen

evidente

φανερός

openlijk

onverholen

manifesto

open

évident

προφανής

έκδηλος

καταφανής

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: overt

Verwante met Frans: ouvert

In summary

From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert.