overleaf
advEtymology From over + leaf.
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On the other side of a sheet of paper (including a leaf of a book); thus, on the next page when flipping from a recto to the sequential verso.
- The aim of this book is to answer the question WHAT DID GREEK PROSODY SOUND LIKE? The study of prosody stands at the intersection of a number of quite disparate disciplines, as illustrated in the diagram overleaf.1994, A. M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens, The Prosody of Greek Speech, Oxford University Press, page v:
- The more superficial beholder of the book's cover (a magnificent piece of artistry by the Venetian painter Gabriel Bella) will have failed to notice, on its continuation overleaf, the employee of an ancient jeu de paume who, having scaled the slanting roof of the gallery, is busily retrieving from the dusty recesses of the window-sill the stray tennis balls from below.1998, Heiner Gillmeister, Tennis:Cultural History, page xi:
- Related terms
- turn over a new leaf, turn the page