overall

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search
See also overalls

Contents

English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

over +‎ all

Pronunciation [edit]

Phonetik.svg This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with enPR, IPA or SAMPA then please add some!
Particularly: “is this really homophonous with overhaul”

Adjective [edit]

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 [edit]

Adverb [edit]

overall (comparative more overall, superlative most overall)

  1. Generally; with everything considered.

Translations [edit]

Noun [edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

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 [edit]

External links [edit]

Anagrams [edit]