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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
overhead
/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/
adjective1 of 3
located above your head or in the sky
- “I left my bag on the overhead rack in the train.”Tatoeba
- “A bird in hand is safer than one overhead.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
noun2 of 3
The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
adverb3 of 3
Above one's head; in the sky.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)