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overall

overall

616 3.1
Including all parts to give a general view
  • adjective
  • /ˈoʊvərˌɔl/
: global
  • The overall quality of the project impressed the committee.
  • overall performance
  • overall score
  • overall health

It could just use a slight overall bump in brightness.

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Examples

  • I went into them really blind and I overall enjoyed my week.

  • Not everything covered, but the overall tone is pretty good.

  • And my memory overall is not so good.

  • I think results net overall in a loss.

  • Will that lead to overall bad effects, you think?

  • But yeah, I mean, overall, like, it's been good.

  • But this does smooth out the overall supply.

  • But again, all of that is building up your overall resilience.

  • How would you rate the value of this overall experience to your preparation as a teacher?

    Academic text (2011)
  • And changing your perspective can change your overall well-being and life.

Synonyms

general
vsoverall
∞ 1.0

Not specific and including most people or cases

is more about full inclusion of aspects rather than being vague
total
vsoverall
∞ 1.0

Complete and not missing any part

is used more in a broad sense rather than strict completeness
overarching
vsoverall
17 5.9

Including all parts of something

is a broad term rather than stressing unity across parts
across-the-board
vsoverall
15 4.4

Affecting everyone or everything in a group in the same way

is about including all aspects rather than equal effect on people
all-encompassing
vsoverall
12 6.0

Including everything and everyone in a single plan

is a broad view that does not stress complete inclusion

Antonyms

∞ 3.9

Clearly defined and exact for a particular thing or person

203 3.4

Not complete and only in some parts

Compounds

3 3.2

The general appearance of something as a whole

How Comprehensive

exhaustive
  • Formal
32 6.6
comprehensive
298 4.6
overall
616 3.1
broad
469 3.7
general
56 4.5
partial
203 3.4

Surface Forms

overall positive

Morphology

overall = all (transparent) = over + all

The meaning 'including all aspects' follows directly from 'over' + 'all' meaning covering everything. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Overall comes from the simple parts over ('above') and all ('everything'). So, when we say something is overall we mean the general or total view that covers 'everything'.