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[ oh-vurt, oh-vurt ] / oʊˈvɜrt, ˈoʊ vɜrt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR overt ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveopen to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret: overt hostility. Heraldry. (of a device, as a purse) represented as open: a purse overt. Origin of overt1275–1325; Middle English <Old French, past participle of ouvrir to open <Vulgar Latin *ōperīre, for Latin aperīre SYNONYMS FOR overt1 plain, manifest, apparent, public. SEE SYNONYMS FOR overt ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR overtSEE ANTONYMS FOR overt ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM overtun·o·vert, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH overtcovert, overt Words nearby overtoverstuff, overstuffed, oversubscribe, oversupply, overswing, overt, overtake, overtask, overtax, over-the-air, over the counter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for overtPoverty, alienation, estrangement, continuously aggravated by racism, overt and institutional. ‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson|Cory Booker|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Black-white relations had signifiers other than the overt events of the civil rights movement. How Rock and Roll Killed Jim Crow|Dennis McNally|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Instead, the film focuses specifically on Hayward and her family, stripped of overt political messages or loaded debates. Thank God! To the Church, This Transgender Woman Is Just a Skank|Emily Shire|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST And yet the subtle and overt use, the constant and consistence presence of sex, is hotter to me than some XXX-rated flicks. What Porn Stars Find Sexy on TV: From ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Deadliest Catch’|Aurora Snow|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The charts now featured the likes of Limp Bizkit, a rap-metal band whose misogyny was so overt as to be comical. Beyoncé Is Our Indigo Girl: The Halcyon '90s and Feminism's Resurgence in Pop Music|Amanda Marcotte|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST On six separate occasions, there were overt acts on the part of the States. Thomas Jefferson|Edward S. Ellis et. al. So Peter was to try to draw Mrs. Godd into some kind of "overt action." 100%: The Story of a Patriot|Upton Sinclair Having been discovered in her overt act, she evidently felt that duty demanded some further ceremony from her. T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett They would have regarded as an overt act the destruction of property. Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various Oddly enough, neither of the young men had indulged in overt love-making. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley|Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for overt
adjectiveopen to view; observable law open; deliberate. Criminal intent may be inferred from an overt act Derived forms of overtovertly, adverbovertness, nounWord Origin for overtC14: via Old French, from ovrir to open, from Latin aperīre Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to overtapparent, definite, undisguised, open, clear, manifest, observable, patent, plain, public, visible |