Definition of overt Overt

/owvɚˈt/ - [owvert] - o•vert

We found 7 definitions of overt from 6 different sources.

What does overt mean?

Adjective overt, overter, overtest
overt - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"
		open
		covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
		explicit, expressed precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"
		unconcealed not concealed or hidden; "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity"
		public affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"
		barefaced, bald lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman"
		naked, raw lacking any cover; "naked branches of the trees"; "lie on the naked rock"
		undisguised plain to see; "undisguised curiosity"

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overt
ō′vėrt, 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. [Fr. ouvert, pa.p. of ouvrir, to open; acc. to Diez, from O. Fr. a-ovrir, through Prov. adubrir, from L. de-operīre, to uncover—de=un-, and operīre, to cover; acc. to Littré, from L. operīre, to cover, confounded in meaning with aperīre, to open.]

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overt in sign language