overhead

Meaning

Adj

1. Located above, especially over the head.
2. Kicked over one's own head.

Noun

1. (uncountable) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
2. (countable) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
3. (uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
4. (uncountable) Wasted money.
5. (countable, uncountable) A smash.
6. (countable, uncountable) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
7. (countable, uncountable) A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
8. (countable, uncountable) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
9. (countable, uncountable) Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
10. (countable, uncountable) An overhead throw.
11. (countable, uncountable) A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.

Adv

1. Above one's head; in the sky.
2. (archaic) Per head; for each individual.

Prep

Above.

Noun

1. (countable) An overhead projector.
2. (countable) A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.

Synonyms

above

aerial

over

upstairs

overground

on top

airy

smash

up

🆙

command overhead

command processing overhead

upwards

upon

in the sky

command processing overhead time

overhead cost

on

🔛

upper

viewgraph

suspended

cost

indirect

overhead expenses

disk overhead

operating expense

overheads

overhead contact line

operating cost

expenses

hanging

higher

air

overhead costs

budget items

tower top

aloft

ceiling

chimeric

chop

expenditure

expense

fanciful

fiction

from above

general expenses

high-level

high up

housetop

operating costs

outgoings

Translations

bovengronds

aéreo

met lucht gevuld

aérien

in su

oben

luftig

aéreo

boven

Gemeinkosten

daarboven

aus Luft bestehend

Mehraufwand

frais généraux

in der Luft

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: owerheved

Inherited from Old English: oferhēafod

Cognate with German: überhaupt

In summary

From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt.

Sentences

It was as though a tornado raged in the room overhead .