Overt means open and done in plain sight. An overt attempt to get your teacher off track might fail. Instead, try asking subtle questions about her kids, and she'll stay off topic all class.
Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.
Adjective
open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"
a.
Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.
a.
Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of
treason.
Overt
Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise.2.
No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. Constitution of the U. S.&hand; In criminal law, an overt act is an open done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound. Over
O`ver*t" , v. t.To tilt over; to overturn. Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.
To tilt over; to overturn.
Usage Examples
It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them.
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.
The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily poetic.
When you do a drama, you are challenged to trust your inner voice much more. Because when you put a comedy in front of even a 25-person screening, you know whether it's working or not. The barometer is overt.
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