overt

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /oʊˈvɜrt/ UK /ˈəʊvɜːt/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
done or shown openly; not concealed

There was no overt sign of hostility between them.

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Synonyms

1 adj · done or shown openly; not... open manifest plain evident apparent explicit public unconcealed

Opposites

covert hidden concealed secret clandestine

Word family

Forms overtly

Derived forms overtlyovertness

Related forms aperture overture

Etymology

From Old French overt ('open'), past participle of ovrir ('to open'), from Vulgar Latin operire, an alteration of Latin aperire ('to open').

overt Old French aperīre Latin

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# overt

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** oʊˈvɜrt
**IPA (UK):** ˈəʊvɜːt

## Meanings
1. done or shown openly; not concealed

## Examples
- There was no overt sign of hostility between them.

## Synonyms
- open
- manifest
- plain
- evident
- apparent
- explicit
- public
- unconcealed

## Antonyms
- covert
- hidden
- concealed
- secret
- clandestine

## Derived Forms
- overtly
- overtness

## Related Forms
- aperture
- overture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: overt
- Root: aperīre

## Etymology
From Old French overt ('open'), past participle of ovrir ('to open'), from Vulgar Latin operire, an alteration of Latin aperire ('to open').

## AI Etymology
Overt comes from Old French overt ('open'), past participle of ovrir ('to open'), from Vulgar Latin operire, an alteration of Latin aperire ('to open'). The etymological trail includes Old French overt and Latin aperīre. As an adjective, overt means done or shown openly; not concealed. The same family is visible in derived forms such as overtly and overtness and related forms such as aperture and overture.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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