overhead

adjective

  1. 1

    located or originating from above

    an overhead crossing

adverb

  1. 1

    above the head; over the head

    bring the legs together overhead

  2. 2

    above your head; in the sky

    planes were flying overhead

noun

  1. 1

    a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

  2. 2

    (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship

  3. 3

    a transparency for use with an overhead projector

  4. 4

    (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

  5. 5

    the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

  6. 6

    (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

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