Overt
[əʊ'vɜːt;'əʊvət] or [o'vɝt]
Definition
(adj.) open and observable; not secret or hidden; 'an overt lie'; 'overt hostility'; 'overt intelligence gathering'; 'open ballots' .
Checked by Douglas--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.
(a.) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason.
Typist: Preston
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Open, manifest, public, patent, notorious, glaring.
Typist: Stacey
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Deliberate, public, open, avowed, manifest
ANT:Covert, secret, implied, clandestine, furtive
Edited by Angus
Definition
adj. open to view: public: apparent.—adv. O′vertly.—Overt act something actually done in execution of a criminal intent.—Market overt open or public market.
Checker: Lola
Examples
- The overt act charged in the indictment was a libel found in his private study. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- They had the wisdom to refrain from any overt meddling with public ideas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is one continuous behavior, proceeding from a more uncertain, divided, hesitating state to a more overt, determinate, or complete state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Suppression was not much in his habits; but still, what had been done to him definite enough to afford matter for overt reproof? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For only in such cases is it possible that the disposition of desire and thinking should be an organic factor in overt and obvious conduct. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- During this time complete overt action is suspended. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- So in overt action we acquiesce, and build up an imaginary world in, mind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Checker: Lola