How to pronounce “overhead”
Say “overhead” in 3 beats
overhead
/ˈoʊvɚˈhɛd/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /əʊvəhɛd/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ovoʊstress
- ervɚ
- headhɛd
- IPA (American)
- /ˈoʊvɚˈhɛd/
- IPA (British)
- /əʊvəhɛd/
- Respelling
- OH-vuh-hed
- Syllables
- 3 — OV-er-head
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: OV-er-head. “ov” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective, adverb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈoʊvɚˈhɛd/
/əʊvəhɛd/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “overhead” means
- noun
the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
- noun
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
- noun
(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
Say it in a sentence
“Moving to a smaller unit cut our overhead considerably.”“overhead”, answered
How do you pronounce “overhead”?
“overhead” is pronounced /ˈoʊvɚˈhɛd/ (OH-vuh-hed) in American English and /əʊvəhɛd/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ov”. Build it as OV-er-head, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “overhead” have?
3: ov · er · head. The beat lands on the first, “ov”.
Is “overhead” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈoʊvɚˈhɛd/ (OH-vuh-hed); British English says /əʊvəhɛd/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “overhead” mean?
As a noun: the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes For example: “Moving to a smaller unit cut our overhead considerably.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “overhead”?
Stress the first syllable: OV-er-head. “ov” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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