overhead

overhead
adv
1. over one's head, above, on a higher place, at a higher place, in a higher place; atop, at or on the top; aloft, high up, up in the air or sky, far above ground; skyward or skywards, toward the sky; in or to heaven, on high, in the firmament, in the celestial heights.
2. completely submerged, immersed, plunged; deep in, buried, lost in, swallowed up, consumed; engrossed, absorbed, entirely occupied or engaged, deeply involved; intent, preoccupied, fascinated, spellbound, rapt, mesmerized, hypnotized.
adj
3. over one's head, above, aloft. See overhead(def. 1).
n
4. operating cost, expense; outlay, disbursement.

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