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adjective
- 1. taking everything into account: "the governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school"
adverb
- 1. taken as a whole; in all: "overall, 10,000 jobs will go"
noun
- 1. a loose-fitting coat or one-piece garment worn over ordinary clothes for protection against dirt or heavy wear: "men in grubby blue overalls"
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The meaning of OVERALL is all over. How to use overall in a sentence.
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group or situation: The overall situation is good, despite a few minor problems. Overall, it has been a good year. The overall winner, after ten games, will receive $250,000. Fewer examples.
You use overall to indicate that you are talking about a situation in general or about the whole of something. ...the overall rise in unemployment. Cut down your overall amount of physical activity.
The overall meaning of the word overall is that it covers all the parts of something. For example, the individual parts don't matter as much as the overall value.
Overall definition: from one extreme limit of a thing to the other. See examples of OVERALL used in a sentence.
1. From one end to the other: the overall length of the house. 2. Including everything; comprehensive: the overall costs of medical care. 3. Regarded as a whole; general: My overall impression was favorable. adv. (ō′vər-ôl′) On the whole; generally: enjoyed the performance overall. n. 1.
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group or situation: The overall situation is good, despite a few minor problems. Overall, it has been a good year. The overall winner, after ten games, will receive $250,000.
Synonyms for OVERALL: general, generic, common, universal, global, broad, blanket, wide; Antonyms of OVERALL: individual, particular, component, partial, local, regional, divisional, fragmentary.
including all the things or people that are involved in a particular situation; general. There will be winners in each of three age groups, and one overall winner. the overall effect/picture/impression. When she finished painting, she stepped back to admire the overall effect.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun overall. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
