overall

See also overalls

English

Etymology

over +‎ all

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːl

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: overhaul

Adjective

overall (comparative more overall, superlative most overall)

1. All-encompassing.
   • 1949, W. Keith Hancock and Margaret M. Gowing, British War Economy:

     We believe also that a controlled economy cannot be understood without some overall view of the controlling institutions: hence our short studies — shorter by far than the original drafts — of the central administration.

Translations

all-encompassing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全面的 (cmn) (quánmiàn de), 綜合的 (cmn), 综合的 (cmn) (zōnghé de)

• Czech: celkový (cs) m
• Dutch: globaal (nl)
• Finnish: kokonais- (stem of kokonainen, in compounds), kokonaisvaltainen, kaikenkattava

• Hungarian: átfogó (hu)
• Portuguese: abrangente (pt)
• Swahili: surupwenye (sw)
• Swedish: övergripande (sv)

Adverb

overall (comparative more overall, superlative most overall)

1. Generally; with everything considered.

Translations

generally

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總地來說 (cmn), 总地来说 (cmn) (zǒng de láishuō), 大體上 (cmn), 大体上 (cmn) (dàtǐshang), 大致 (cmn) (dàzhì)

• Dutch: globaal (nl)
• Finnish: kaiken kaikkiaan (fi), ylipäänsä (fi)

• German: insgesamt (de)
• Interlingua: supertoto
• Portuguese: em geral (pt)
• Spanish: sobretodo (es)
• Swahili: surupwenye (sw)

Noun

Wikipedia overall (plural overalls)

1. (UK) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
2. (in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

Translations

protective garment worn over clothing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吊带工装裤 (cmn) (diàodài gōngzhuāngkù)

• Finnish: haalarit (fi) pl
• French: blouse (fr) f, combinaison (fr), salopette (fr) f
• German: Overall (de) m
• Norwegian: overall (no) m

• Polish: kombinezon (pl) m
• Portuguese: macacão (pt)
• Spanish: braga f (Venezuela), mono m (Spain), overol m (Argentina, Colombia)
• Swahili: surupwenye (sw)
• Swedish: overall (sv) c

External links

• overall in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• overall in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• all over, all-over, allover, valerol