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overt

[oh-vurt, oh-vurt]

adjective

  1. open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret.

    overt hostility.

    Synonyms: , , ,
    Antonyms:
  2. Heraldry.(of a device, as a purse) represented as open.

    a purse overt.



overt

/ əʊˈvɜːt, ˈəʊvɜːt /

adjective

  1. open to view; observable

  2. law open; deliberate. Criminal intent may be inferred from an overt act

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unovert adjective
  • ˈDZٲԱ noun
  • ˈDZٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overt1

1275–1325; Middle English < Old French, past participle of ouvrir to open < Vulgar Latin *ōī, for Latin ī
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overt1

C14: via Old French, from ovrir to open, from Latin ī
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In my assessment, the White House appears to be sincere in the substance of what it is saying: that there was no overt and direct U.S. involvement with Israel during the actual strike.

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I try to avoid overt editorializing in this space, but as my Uncle Fred would have said: F**k that for a game of darts.

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Fahy also appears in “The Perfect Couple” and the second season of “The White Lotus,” which have in common the overt takeaway that the rich cannot buy their way out of misery.

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Without question, Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine and President Trump's overt reluctance to subsidise European security as he sees it have changed the conversation about defence.

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But it was the band’s more overt political discourse that has gotten them in trouble — if you actually believe that making headlines around the world amounts to trouble for a deliberately confrontational rap act.

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