Overall

Quick meaning: Overall is an adjective meaning All-encompassing, all around.

Meaning

All-encompassing, all around.

More Meanings

1. Generally; with everything considered.
2. (in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
3. (British) 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.

Example Sentences

Overall, there is not enough evidence to form a clear conclusion.

"The cranium is clearly plesiomorphic in overall form, presenting primitive traits shared by earlier hominins," the authors wrote.

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.

Word Forms

• overalls

Synonyms for overall

Depending on context, synonyms include big, entire, total, whole, exhaustive, thorough.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include general, total, gross, boilersuit, all-embracing, all-encompassing.

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