overt

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Open and not concealed or secret.
2. Disclosed.

Noun

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

Concepten

openlijk

onverholen

open

publiek

Synoniemen

open

obvious

public

patent

evident

manifest

explicit

clear

undisguised

avowed

professed

unconcealed

apparent

frank

bald

barefaced

blazing

cleat

declared

head-on

light

official

plain

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: overt

Verwant aan 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.