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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#m1)

2) An overhead thing is placed above you, like an overhead light or overhead locker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#m2)

3) Overheads are the regular costs of running a business, like rent and electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x1)
- The geese honked as they flew overhead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x2)
- Never fly a kite near overhead power lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x3)
- Put your bag in the overhead locker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x4)
- The overhead light in the kitchen flickered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x5)
- The Sun is almost directly overhead at noon in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x6)
- He threw the ball with an overhead throw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x7)
- The shop closed because its overheads were too high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x8)
- A large yellow sun hung directly overhead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/#x9)

### 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

- [It is a steppe marmot, bobak, warning its family that an eagle is overhead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/1/)
- [Kites and drones should be flown far from overhead power lines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/32-electricity-at-home/22/)
- [The electricity in a third rail or overhead wire can kill a person in a moment, and it is always switched on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/270-trains-and-subways/17/)
- [Electricity from overhead railway wires can jump to you, so you never climb on anything near them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/7/)
- [Electricity from overhead railway wires can jump through the air to a person nearby without them touching the wire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overhead» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overhead/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.