overhead
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vər
vēr
head
hɛd
hed
/ˌəʊvəhˈɛd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "overhead"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻā§āϞāĻ¨ā§āϤ

located or occurring above the level of the head

aloft

overhead definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The overhead bins in the airplane store passengers' luggage.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋāύ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āϜ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ, āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ

(of a pass, hit, etc. in sports) executed from a position above head height
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Squash typically involves fewer overhead shots compared to badminton or tennis.
āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻļ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŸā§‡āύāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻļāϟ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻ–āϰāϚ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ–āϰāϚ

referring to costs or expenses necessary for operating a business, such as rent or utilities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Reducing overhead costs allowed the company to invest more in product development.
āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇

in the sky above
overhead definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Dark clouds gathered overhead, signaling an impending storm.
āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§‡āϘ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ, āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ⧇

above one's head
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ceiling fan spun quietly overhead, cooling the room.
āϏāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϘ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ

the regular costs required for maintaining a business or an organization
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Reducing overhead is crucial for increasing profitability in a small business.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϞāĻžāĻ­āϜāύāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ, āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϕ⧇āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ

the upper interior surface of a compartment within a vessel
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The engineers reinforced the ship ’s overhead to withstand harsh weather conditions.
āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž, āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰ⧇āϜ

a storage compartment located above passengers' seats, typically found on an aircraft for storing carry-on luggage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She struggled to lift her suitcase into the overhead due to its weight.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āϟāϕ⧇āϏāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ“āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄā§‡ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻļ, āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āĻ•

a powerful stroke in racket sports performed above head height
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
An effective overhead can turn a defensive position into an offensive one in tennis.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ⧀ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻŸā§‡āύāĻŋāϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϕ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟāϰ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ› āĻļā§€āϟ

a transparent sheet of material used with a projector to display written or visual content onto a screen or wall
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the presentation, she used an overhead to illustrate her points with diagrams.
āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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