Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Open; yielding easy passage.
- Plain to the view; apparent; not covert; open; manifest.
- In heraldry: Having the wings spread: said of a bird. The wings are represented with the points downward unless blazoned as overt elevated.
- Open: said of anything that is commonly shut: as, a purse overt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Open to view; public; apparent; manifest. Opposite of
hidden . - adjective (Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Open and notsecret norconcealed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective open and observable; not secret or hidden
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Seeking protection against what he called the overt and covert attempts and 'partisan and biased approach' of the petroleum ministry to intervene in a commercial dispute with RIL, Anil wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offering to meet and explain the issues.
rediff.com 2009
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Regarding the decline in overt violence, I think the role of technology deserves mention as well.
Moral and Mental Development, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Strict — the ACLU is engaging in overt religious discrimination, no matter how you slice it.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Cool Online Civil Liberties Jobs Openings 2010
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Obama was able to credential himself as an African American without engaging in overt racial politics.
Race Over? 2009
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However the difference between "openly" and "overt" is less than that between "unredacted" and "censored" and so in some ways it is the biter bit.
The Tories keep very strange company - Are they endorsing a homophobic rag ? Norfolk Blogger 2009
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This is serious big interest, private equity and financiers using their new boy for the first time in overt action.
UK govt proposes idiotic two-strikes-and-you're-out Internet copyright rule - Boing Boing 2009
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This is certainly in overt conflict with what the White House wants all Federal agencies to be doing so as to be "transparent" and "open".
Looks Like MOD Can Overrule JSC (and NASA HQ) PAO - NASA Watch 2009
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Obama was able to credential himself as an African American without engaging in overt racial politics.
Race Over? 2009
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This is certainly in overt conflict with what the White House wants all Federal agencies to be doing so as to be "transparent" and "open".
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In writing an essay for the book that accompanies the Corcoran exhibition, I adopted a style in overt homage to Ballard — in hopes that such a literary strategy might help illuminate this great body of work.
Ballardian » Edward Burtynsky: Oil – A Ballardian Interpretation 2010
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