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overt [ oh-vurt , oh -vurt ] SHOW IPA
/ oʊˈvɜrt, ˈoʊ vɜrt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret: overt hostility.
Heraldry . (of a device, as a purse) represented as open: a purse overt.
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Origin of overt 1275–1325; Middle English <Old French, past participle of ouvrir to open <Vulgar Latin *ōperīre, for Latin aperīre
OTHER WORDS FROM overt un·o·vert, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH overt covert , overt Words nearby overt overstuff ,
overstuffed ,
oversubscribe ,
oversupply ,
overswing ,
overt ,
overtake ,
overtask ,
overtax ,
over-the-air ,
over the counter
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Words related to overt apparent ,
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undisguised ,
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clear ,
manifest ,
observable ,
patent ,
plain ,
public ,
visible
How to use overt in a sentence There are a couple of Gideon lines that were just too overt .
Those who reflect her overt racism, her unhinged conspiracy thinking and her endorsement of violence against public figures are now treated as a serious political constituency within the Republican Party.
However, in a fictional world of horrors, overt expression of your emotions—even screaming your lungs out—is expected.
That improvement, an overt win for DEI, also translates into real dollars for organizations.
Although a project 16 years in the past, the aftermath of “Battle for Middle-earth” made overt what happened behind-the-scenes as the video game industry grew from small teams to major productions involving hundreds.
The dress bizarrely burdened Hurley with a ready-made character to play up to, which she did without overt complaint.
Povert y, alienation, estrangement, continuously aggravated by racism, overt and institutional.
They may now also raise unlimited amounts of money to fund such overt political messages.
Black-white relations had signifiers other than the overt events of the civil rights movement.
Instead, the film focuses specifically on Hayward and her family, stripped of overt political messages or loaded debates.
Yet how came it that even a low-caste mongrel of a Lascar should offer such an overt insult to a Brahmin!
In the first place, one element of public-house talk—the overt or sly indecency—is left out.
There is, of course, no overt novelty in the theory advanced by Bronson Howard in his address.
The inexorable unwritten law which forbids overt scandal sentenced me.
Unlike the others, there is nothing hasty or overt in his plans.
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British Dictionary definitions for overt
adjective
open to view; observable
law open; deliberate. Criminal intent may be inferred from an overt act
Derived forms of overt overtly , adverb overtness , noun Word Origin for overt C14: via Old French, from ovrir to open, from Latin aperīre
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