Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To draw a line over (writing): the opposite of underline.
- In manuscript or printed matter, to place a translation over each line.
Wiktionary
- n. A line drawn over text or a repeating decimal.
- v. To draw a line over or above text.
Etymologies
- over- + line, by analogy with underline. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It began with a large picture of Cameron's face with the overline "Prime minister?" and a larger one below, "REALLY?”
The Guardian: What today's front pages tell us - and the voters they seek to influence
“The overline for the standalone picture has a basketball flavor: AIR BALL: LINEBACKER TRIES TO DUNK QUARTERBACK.”
“Mr. Biden said: "The bottom line is, you can't function -- a nation can't compete in the 21st century -- without an immediate, high-quality access for everything from streaming video to information overline.”
The Wall Street Journal: Rules Set for Distribution of Broadband Stimulus Funds
“People who live in the suburbs, who live in the outer regions of London and in what we call the home counties would take an overline train and then get the subway.”
“(Unicode) text readers: ĩõũỹ [i, o, u, y with “tilde” or overline]”
“(Unicode) text readers: ãẽĩõũỹ = vowel with “tilde” or overline”
“Some vowels were written with an overline -- here shown as a tilde -- representing a following nasal (m or n).”
“The overline never occurs in a partial line, as at paragraph-end.”
“Now take of the icing sugar and fill your paper funnel as if for cake icing, and overline the pencil marks you made on the stone.”
“(Unicode) text readers: ãẽĩõũỹ [vowel with “tilde” or overline for following m/n]”
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