overhead

«overhead» in Mova's school dictionary: above your head or up in the sky — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (overhead: fly overhead); adjective (overhead: an overhead light); noun (overheads, plural, in business)

meaning for a pupil

1) Overhead means above your head or up in the sky. tree →

2) An overhead thing is placed above you, like an overhead light or overhead locker. tree →

3) Overheads are the regular costs of running a business, like rent and electricity. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons: watch out for overhead power lines; never fly kites or climb trees near them, because electricity can jump and kill. On a plane, bags go in the overhead lockers. In science, the Sun is high overhead around midday. In sports, an overhead throw or kick goes over your head. Phrases: «flew overhead», «overhead lights», «overhead lockers», «overhead projector».

examples

A plane flew low overhead. tree →
The geese honked as they flew overhead. tree →
Never fly a kite near overhead power lines. tree →
Put your bag in the overhead locker. tree →
The overhead light in the kitchen flickered. tree →
The Sun is almost directly overhead at noon in summer. tree →
He threw the ball with an overhead throw. tree →
The shop closed because its overheads were too high. tree →
A large yellow sun hung directly overhead. tree →

note

One word, no hyphen. «Overhead» is not the same as «ahead» (in front). In business «overheads» is plural (UK); Americans also say «overhead». Overhead power lines are dangerous even without touching them.

In the corpora

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overhead» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

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