I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an overhead cable (= attached to high posts )
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Overhead cables can be dangerous for birds.
overhead projector
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
fly
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A plane flew overhead , an ad for Coppertone trailing behind on a banner.
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They can even be frightened by wild birds flying overhead , which they mistakenly think are predators.
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Looking up to the blue sky, she watched the many birds flying overhead , chattering and screaming as they passed out of sight.
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A seagull flew overhead , followed by another.
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Ringed plovers pattered at the water's edge of a muddy creek and a whimbrel whistled as it flew overhead .
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Three B-52 Stratofortresses flew overhead , from the west towards the eastern stars.
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I live in Sevenoaks and on a nice sunny day have several light aircraft flying overhead .
pass
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From southern latitudes, where Sagittarius can pass overhead , there is plenty to see.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A flock of birds passed overhead .
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Helicopter gunships hovered overhead .
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Suddenly, they heard the rumble of thunder overhead .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A star signaled overhead and he saw it.
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From the two cross-beams overhead , hung chains, adjustable in length, to which the ropes would be attached.
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Guns still rumbled in the distance, a plane droned overhead .
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The thatched pyramid roofs reached almost to the ground and rose to points twenty feet overhead .
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The top floor directly overhead had been abandoned for years.
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They can even be frightened by wild birds flying overhead , which they mistakenly think are predators.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
administrative
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In all kinds of ways many bad old practices disappeared, while at last the central administrative overhead came under control.
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You can share office space with them and all the administrative overhead .
high
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Meanwhile, high overhead , an eagle soared, clutching a tortoise in its talons.
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But the picture is one of sluggish sales and high overheads .
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A pair of ravens circles high overhead , making a few soft grunting sounds.
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But in areas such as Oxfordshire dentists have high overheads .
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I heard croaking and glanced up to see six ravens in three pairs flying high overhead toward the east.
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Tree branches met high overhead , creating a wavering green canopy through which sunlight fell in shadows and coins of light.
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The moon was high overhead - a bright, full moon that seemed to float in the dark mirror of the water.
low
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Possibly cheaper, by reducing number of managers needed and so lower cost of overheads . 5.
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The majority of new albums came from independent labels, where lower overhead lowers the break-even point.
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In both contract races Hunslet benefited greatly from its low overheads .
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Weak authentication with low maintenance overhead and without patent or export restrictions.
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Advantages: Low overheads , so likely to offer competitive prices.
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Even tiny firms of six men in dingy offices with low overheads were able to compete by slashing prices to the bone.
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One fighter flying low overhead can ruin a whole day's work.
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Oyston was now moving across into the media, using the same formula of low overheads , tight management and aggressive advertising.
■ NOUN
costs
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Remaining debts related to trade creditors and overhead costs .
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In the past two years, the company has laid off at least 1, 500 employees to cut overhead costs .
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PolyGram and Universal founded Gramercy in 1992, sharing the overhead costs of movie distribution.
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Under the new approach, overhead costs are tied directly to products or services and costs are reported for specific business activities.
projector
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Manion turned on the overhead projector and put a new graphic on it.
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Manion turned off the overhead projector and took a few minutes to answer questions from the students.
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Manion walked back to the table next to the overhead projector .
■ VERB
cover
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On top of that a percentage is added to cover the chemists' overheads and profit.
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It receives a substantial recurrent grant from the University, which covers its operational overheads .
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After each period a charge is made to the receiving division to cover overheads and profit.
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Jean Downie advised a 10% addition to cover overheads .
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The second is their enormous libraries of films, which usually produce enough money to cover their overheads .
reduce
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The bank says it has turned the cost centre into a business in an attempt reduce overheads .
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Likewise, if new communities choose other, less-costly service providers, will Pima County then reduce overhead and taxes proportionately?
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Hence other methods were tried in order to reduce the memory overheads , and comparisons were made across a number of different methods.
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As pressure on prices has increased, pharmacies have sought to enhance their buying power and reduce overhead expenses by growing larger.
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We will increase emphasis on cost consciousness throughout the Group and continue to reduce overheads throughout 1993.
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And no matter how you looked at it, that meant reducing the operating overhead at each store.
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The idea of this joint venture is to reduce overheads and the whole set-up is run by a staff of just seven.
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Increasingly, even corporate giants are turning to telecommuting as a way to reduce overhead .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Working out of my home had significantly lowered my overhead .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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There are overheads when defining and manipulating hierarchies, and this is particularly apparent when comparisons are made with the relational approach.
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They will cut office overheads by startling amounts and be the new cost leaders.