1300-1400Old French past participle of ovrir ‘to open’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
overt racism
an overt attempt to force landowners to sell
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
At times they have become an overt issue in industrial disputes.
But what of the impact of overt bigotry and intergroup conflict on individual students?
Ellis, according to his successor Beto, had two overriding overt concerns.
Humans are inside the test tube to prevent the experiment from crashing, to divert the trials from overt crisis.
Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V-C granted an order limited to overt use of the information.
That is, a global preference for boy babies became overt and unapologetic.
The Lima standoff seems to signal a return to overt political action by Tupac Amaru.
overt actions are done publicly, without trying to hide anythingOPP covert: an overt attempt to silence their political opponents Overt race discrimination is illegal.—overtly adverb: an overtly political message