overgroundn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəɡraʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌɡraʊnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, ground n.

Etymology: < over- prefix + ground n. In sense 2 after underground n.; compare earlier overground adj.

†1. An upper or higher ground. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [noun] > relatively

higher ground1539

upgrounda1552

upland1572

overground1600

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 569 Looking downe upon the city from some hill-side or overground.

a. British. An overground railway. Also more generally: public transport operating above the ground. Cf. underground adj. 3.In quot. 1931: the name of a bus company.

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society > travel > transport > [noun] > system or collection of lines of transportation

transit system1850

overground1966

network1974

Metrolink1983

1931 Notes & Queries 11 Apr. 267/2 There has been for some long time past a line of motor-omnibuses running from Hadley Woods and Barnet to Victoria Station on the sides of which..is the word ‘Overground’.]

1966 Evening Standard 24 Feb. 16/2 The overground is an aerial railway with completely automatic operation.

1966 Evening Standard 24 Feb. 16/2 Buses would run through the suburbs to the edge of the city's centre... Passengers would change on to one or other of the over~grounds, a series of independent, six-mile rail loops.

2001 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 July 10 Transport links are a bit shoddy, unless you can get where you need to go from Liverpool Street on the overground.

b. That part of society which operates openly; conventional society or culture; the establishment. Cf. underground adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > other types of civilizations or cultures

economy1535

patriarchy1868

by-world1872

Western world1894

overworld1895

open society1911

pao-chia1931

closed society1935

plural society1939

technopolis1946

shame culture1947

19841951

Hollerith1957

metaculture1959

underground1959

permissive society1960

caring society1966

technocomplex1968

microsociety1970

overground1971

Manhattanism1978

1971 E. E. Landy Underground Dict. 12 In the process of being a ‘link’ between the two cultures—what have come to be called the underground and the Establishment or overground—I became a collector of words and meanings.

1986 Times 16 Sept. 7/4 Mr Lech Walesa..urged his cheering supporters on Sunday to be patient while the overground confers with the underground.

1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing vii. 111 The overground worships power, authority, masculinity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overgroundadj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəɡraʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˈɡraʊnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, ground n.

Etymology: < over- prefix + ground n., after underground adj. Compare overground adv.

1. Situated over or above ground, raised above the ground. Cf. underground adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > on or above

aerial1608

superterraneala1629

supraterraneous1666

upper1667

superterraneous1671

superterraneana1681

superterrene1709

above ground1779

superterrestrial1828

supermundane1833

terricolous1835

terricole1840

overground1850

1850 Amer. Whig. Rev. Dec. 646/2 Individual Irish families have built up the doors and windows of their houses, converted them into overground vaults, and died therein of want and cold.

1874 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 164 560 Nearly all the overground telegraph-wires on the surface of the earth are composed of iron.

1897 Naturalist 23 Overground stolons rooting at the nodes.

1927 E. D. M. St. Philomena Wonder-worker (ed. 2) i. 15 The Popes..proceeded to transfer thousands of the bodies to the overground Churches.

1988 Antiquity 62 679/2 No obvious overground evidence for such habitations is found near burnt mounds.

2. figurative. Overt, unconcealed; not subversive; publicly acknowledged. Later also in extended use: conventional, mainstream. Cf. underground adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adjective] > unconcealable

unhideable1606

inconcealable1646

undisguisable1673

unconcealable1814

overground1943

1943 Ann. Reg. 1942 244 ‘Overground’ resistance to the Germans was as strong as ever.

1961 Times 14 Jan. 7/7 But wherever they went the journalists were approached by ‘overground’ sympathizers with the independence fighters.

1971 Times 15 Jan. 12/8 Now even overground publishers are jumping on the revolutionary bandwagon.

1993 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. 11/6 The arrival of overground, open political structures can only help to emphasise the political restrictions under which most Arabs live and intensify pressure for reform.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overgroundadv.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəɡraʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌɡraʊnd/

Forms: see over prep. and ground n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over prep., ground n.

Etymology: < over prep. + ground n. Compare overground adj., underground adv.

On or above the ground; into the open.

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the world > the earth > land > ground > [adverb] > above

above grounda1393

up1835

overground1855

1855 Schaffner's Tel. Compan. Apr. 180 Do you know of the use of gutta percha on lines overground?

1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken vii. 49 Gin the earth swallied a' body 'at spak unadveesedly..there's no mony wad be left stan'in' ower grund.

1894 Econ. Jrnl. 4 107 There are many bakehouses in London, both underground and overground, of an admirable character.

1930 Sat. Evening Post 22 Mar. 15/2 There was a rumbling as of a subway train heard over-ground.

1963 Times 22 Apr. 11/1 Thought has been given to procedures by which rebels would ‘come overground’ and give up their weapons.

1968 Economist 3 Feb. 15/2 This seemed likely to mean that commercial gaming would continue underground in the pre-1960 manner;..but instead gaming popped overground into open places.

2001 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) 11 Oct. b1 We catch the water, and it moves southwest underground or overground.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1600

adj.1850

adv.1855

单词	overground
释义	overgroundn. Brit. /ˈəʊvəɡraʊnd/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌɡraʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, ground n. Etymology: < over- prefix + ground n. In sense 2 after underground n.; compare earlier overground adj. †1. An upper or higher ground. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [noun] > relatively higher ground1539 upgrounda1552 upland1572 overground1600 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 569 Looking downe upon the city from some hill-side or overground. 2. a. British. An overground railway. Also more generally: public transport operating above the ground. Cf. underground adj. 3.In quot. 1931: the name of a bus company. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > system or collection of lines of transportation transit system1850 overground1966 network1974 Metrolink1983 1931 Notes & Queries 11 Apr. 267/2 There has been for some long time past a line of motor-omnibuses running from Hadley Woods and Barnet to Victoria Station on the sides of which..is the word ‘Overground’.] 1966 Evening Standard 24 Feb. 16/2 The overground is an aerial railway with completely automatic operation. 1966 Evening Standard 24 Feb. 16/2 Buses would run through the suburbs to the edge of the city's centre... Passengers would change on to one or other of the over~grounds, a series of independent, six-mile rail loops. 2001 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 July 10 Transport links are a bit shoddy, unless you can get where you need to go from Liverpool Street on the overground. b. That part of society which operates openly; conventional society or culture; the establishment. Cf. underground adj. 4. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > other types of civilizations or cultures economy1535 patriarchy1868 by-world1872 Western world1894 overworld1895 open society1911 pao-chia1931 closed society1935 plural society1939 technopolis1946 shame culture1947 19841951 Hollerith1957 metaculture1959 underground1959 permissive society1960 caring society1966 technocomplex1968 microsociety1970 overground1971 Manhattanism1978 1971 E. E. Landy Underground Dict. 12 In the process of being a ‘link’ between the two cultures—what have come to be called the underground and the Establishment or overground—I became a collector of words and meanings. 1986 Times 16 Sept. 7/4 Mr Lech Walesa..urged his cheering supporters on Sunday to be patient while the overground confers with the underground. 1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing vii. 111 The overground worships power, authority, masculinity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overgroundadj. Brit. /ˈəʊvəɡraʊnd/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˈɡraʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, ground n. Etymology: < over- prefix + ground n., after underground adj. Compare overground adv. 1. Situated over or above ground, raised above the ground. Cf. underground adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > on or above aerial1608 superterraneala1629 supraterraneous1666 upper1667 superterraneous1671 superterraneana1681 superterrene1709 above ground1779 superterrestrial1828 supermundane1833 terricolous1835 terricole1840 overground1850 1850 Amer. Whig. Rev. Dec. 646/2 Individual Irish families have built up the doors and windows of their houses, converted them into overground vaults, and died therein of want and cold. 1874 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 164 560 Nearly all the overground telegraph-wires on the surface of the earth are composed of iron. 1897 Naturalist 23 Overground stolons rooting at the nodes. 1927 E. D. M. St. Philomena Wonder-worker (ed. 2) i. 15 The Popes..proceeded to transfer thousands of the bodies to the overground Churches. 1988 Antiquity 62 679/2 No obvious overground evidence for such habitations is found near burnt mounds. 2. figurative. Overt, unconcealed; not subversive; publicly acknowledged. Later also in extended use: conventional, mainstream. Cf. underground adj. 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adjective] > unconcealable unhideable1606 inconcealable1646 undisguisable1673 unconcealable1814 overground1943 1943 Ann. Reg. 1942 244 ‘Overground’ resistance to the Germans was as strong as ever. 1961 Times 14 Jan. 7/7 But wherever they went the journalists were approached by ‘overground’ sympathizers with the independence fighters. 1971 Times 15 Jan. 12/8 Now even overground publishers are jumping on the revolutionary bandwagon. 1993 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. 11/6 The arrival of overground, open political structures can only help to emphasise the political restrictions under which most Arabs live and intensify pressure for reform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overgroundadv. Brit. /ˈəʊvəɡraʊnd/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌɡraʊnd/ Forms: see over prep. and ground n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over prep., ground n. Etymology: < over prep. + ground n. Compare overground adj., underground adv. On or above the ground; into the open. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adverb] > above above grounda1393 up1835 overground1855 1855 Schaffner's Tel. Compan. Apr. 180 Do you know of the use of gutta percha on lines overground? 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken vii. 49 Gin the earth swallied a' body 'at spak unadveesedly..there's no mony wad be left stan'in' ower grund. 1894 Econ. Jrnl. 4 107 There are many bakehouses in London, both underground and overground, of an admirable character. 1930 Sat. Evening Post 22 Mar. 15/2 There was a rumbling as of a subway train heard over-ground. 1963 Times 22 Apr. 11/1 Thought has been given to procedures by which rebels would ‘come overground’ and give up their weapons. 1968 Economist 3 Feb. 15/2 This seemed likely to mean that commercial gaming would continue underground in the pre-1960 manner;..but instead gaming popped overground into open places. 2001 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) 11 Oct. b1 We catch the water, and it moves southwest underground or overground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600adj.1850adv.1855
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