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overt

/əʊˈvɜːt/oh-VURT
/oʊˈvɝt/oh-VURT

Meaninguncovered

Common meaning: done openly

‘the letter o (omicron), named here by its size’ + ‘to open, uncover’ → overt

Journey through time

  1. Latinaperiō, apertum‘to open, uncover’
  2. Old Frenchovertsource
  3. Englishovert‘done openly’ · today

o- also in: omega

vert also in: aperitifaperture

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin aperiō ‘to open, uncover’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry aperiō, p. 135 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

aperitifaperture

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