overt

(redirected from overtness)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia.

o·vert

(ō-vûrt′, ō′vûrt′)
adj.
1. Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret: overt hostility; overt intelligence gathering.
2. Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress: overt aid to the rebels.
[Middle English, from Old French, past participle of ovrir, to open, from Vulgar Latin *ōperīre, alteration (influenced by Latin cōperīre, to cover) of Latin aperīre; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
o·vert′ly adv.
o·vert′ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

overt

(ˈəʊvɜːt; əʊˈvɜːt)
adj
1. open to view; observable
2. (Law) law open; deliberate. Criminal intent may be inferred from an overt act
[C14: via Old French, from ovrir to open, from Latin aperīre]
ˈovertly adv
ˈovertness n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

o•vert

(oʊˈvɜrt, ˈoʊ vɜrt)

adj.
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret: overt hostility.
[1275–1325; Middle English < Old French, past participle of ouvrir to open < Vulgar Latin *ōperīre, for Latin aperīre]
o•vert′ly, adv.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. overt - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"
explicit, expressed - precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"
public - not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"
unconcealed - not concealed or hidden; "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity"
covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

overt

adjective open, obvious, plain, public, clear, apparent, visible, patent, evident, manifest, noticeable, blatant, downright, avowed, flagrant, observable, undisguised, barefaced, unconcealed Although there is no overt hostility, black and white students do not mix much.
secret, hidden, disguised, concealed, invisible, covert, underhand, hush-hush (informal), surreptitious
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
عَلَني، غَيْر سِرِّي
åbenlys
opinber
atklāts, neslēpts
onverholenopenlijk
apaçık aşikâr

overt

[əʊˈvɜːt] ADJ [racism, discrimination, hostility] → manifiesto, patente ; [criticism] → abierto, manifiesto
there were no overt signs of → no había signos manifiestos or patentes de ...
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

overt

[əʊˈvɜːrt ˈəʊvɜːrt] adj → déclaré(e)
There is no overt hostility → Il n'y a pas d'hostilité déclarée.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

overt

adj behaviour, campaign, operation, sexuality → offen ; hostility → unverhohlen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

overt

[əʊˈvɜːt] adj → evidente, aperto/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

overt

(ouˈvəːt) adjective
not hidden or secret. overt opposition to a plan. openlik, duidelik, sigbaar عَلَني، غَيْر سِرِّي публичен aberto otevřený offenkundig åbenlys έκδηλος, ανοιχτός abierto, manifiesto, público avalik آشکار peittelemätön déclaré גלוי खुला, प्रत्यक्ष, प्रकट otvoren, izravan nyilvánvaló, nyílt terang-terangan opinber aperto 明白な 공공연한 atviras atklāts, neslēpts terang-terangan openlijk utilslørt, åpen jawny څرګند aberto făţiş; declarat открытый; явный otvorený javen otvoren öppen ไม่บิดบัง apaçık, aşikâr 公開的 відкритий; неприкритий آشکارا، کھلا ہوا công khai 公开的
oˈvertly adverb
openlik, duidelik بِصورَةٍ عَلَنِيَّه публично abertamente otevřeně offenkundig åbenlyst φανερά abiertamente, manifiestamente, públicamente avalikult بطور علنی peittelemättömästi ouvertement בגלוי प्रत्यक्षता otvoreno nyilvánvalóan secara terang-terangan opinberlega apertamente 明らかに 공공연히 atvirai atklāti, neslēpti secara terang-terangan openlijk utilslørt, åpenbart jawnie په څرګنده توګه abertamente pe faţă открыто; явно otvorene javno otvoreno öppet อย่างไม่ปกปิด açık olarak 公開地 відкрито, публічно آشکارا طور پر một cách công khai 公开地
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in periodicals archive ?
To this end overtness and visual cues on the pictures accompanying the auditory sentence stimuli were manipulated.
Resolution of anaphoric expressions in children and adults: evidence from eye movements
Thus, the overtness implies a speaker's knowledge and subsequent usage of specific language means as a component of language behavior in T (tous) or V (vous) settings, i.e.
Expressing Social Deixis through Prosody: A Case Study of American English
The results yielded three factors that were labeled overtness, risk, and response.
Death-Related Dimensions of Disability: How Terror Management Theory Can Affect People with Disabilities
* Overtness of means--How profound is the risk to the initiator, their sources, or methods--overt, covert, or clandestine?
Waging Financial Warfare: Why and How
She often seemed to be rehearsing her own painful story on-screen and on record, a transference that was unique in its overtness: There are plenty of stars who might be said to embody a single theme in much of their work, but as Gabier puts it, where others express that theme in subtext, "a whisper under the performance," in Streisand's case it's "all text--a shout rather than a whisper." When Glenn Gould called her "one of the great italicizers," I can't help suspecting he meant more than just her phrasing.
The knockout: why Barbra Streisand can't be beat
Because of the overtness of their physicality they give you opportunities and we'll take them.
Jones: clash will be like 'Rumble in the Jungle'
"Because of their overtness in their physicality they give you opportunities and we'll take those opportunities.
Jones hoping England will sting like a bee in SA rumble; ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA TWICKENHAM 2.30pm
Because of the overtness in their physicality they give you opportunities and I think we will be smart enough to take them."
CHESS WITH VIOLENCE; ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA OLD MUTUAL WEALTH SERIES TWICKENHAM, TOMORROW, 2.30PM; Cunning Jones plans a rugby rope-a-dope tactic to combat the clever but brutal Boks
It's easy to do selection in the Springboks -South Africa never change "Because of their overtness in their physicality they give you opportunities and we'll take those opportunities.
Daly gets his first start for England
Their topics include sluicing and the inquisitive potential of appositives, heads must be heard: overtness and ellipsis licensing, syntactic hypotheses about so-called "que-deletion" in French, the inherent syntactic incompleteness of right node raising, and intonation phrases and speech acts.
Parenthesis and Ellipsis: Cross-Linguistic and Theoretical Perspectives
(53) The overtness of these attacks has likely begun to alienate smaller moderate groups that were previously comfortable with their partnership with Jabhat al Nusra.
U.S. Grand Strategy: Destroying ISIS and al Qaeda, Report three: Jabhat Al Nusra and Isis: Sources of strength
Lucille, of course, rejects the idea out-of-hand (her very name, after all, aligns her with lucidity, clarity, even overtness), but Ruth finds the dark offers a release from perpetual mental housekeeping, of "survivors picking among flotsam, among the small, unnoticed, unvalued clutter" (116) of the past.
"A regime of small kindnesses": order, hospitality, and a legacy of narrative styles in Robinson's Housekeeping