overall
from one extreme limit of a thing to the other: the overall length of the bridge.
covering or including everything: an overall impression;to view something overall.
overalls, (used with a plural verb)
loose, sturdy trousers, usually with a bib or biblike piece to which shoulder straps are attached, originally worn over other trousers to protect them, as by factory workers or farmers.
long waterproof leggings.
British. a smock or loose-fitting housedress.
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How to use overall in a sentence
So if this bears out, the more people who are vaccinated in a community, including children, the more likely transmission will drop overall.
Fauci: Vaccines for Kids as Young as First Graders Could Be Authorized by September | by Caroline Chen | February 11, 2021 | ProPublicaMcMillin said fast-tracking the platform project did not raise the project’s overall budget.
Metro seeks bond sales to raise $360 million for capital projects | Justin George | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostGoogle’s Danny Sullivan said that if manual actions for News or Discover won’t impact your overall Google Search performance.
Google might have to subsidize journalism, but not like this… | George Nguyen | February 10, 2021 | Search Engine LandOver the summer, as cases surged, so did Republican concern — but Americans overall were 20 points more likely to express concern than were Republicans.
What you’re saying when you say that covering the coronavirus is partisan | Philip Bump | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostFor instance, the startup’s games have been downloaded 250 million times overall since the creation of the company in 2018.
Hyper casual game publisher Homa Games raises $15 million | Romain Dillet | February 9, 2021 | TechCrunch
Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical | Stereo Williams | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAccording to James, by 2014 his business did close to $2 million in overall sales.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex | Aurora Snow | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAre you more pessimistic about the overall public education crisis given this current environment?
overall, Paris Magnum reaches both too widely and too thinly in trying to convey a sense of spectrum.
But overall the legal system has done little to say “this was against the law.”
The U.S. Will Torture Again—and We’re All to Blame | Michael Tomasky | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"Wait," said Chief Inspector Kerry, and went swinging in, carrying his overall and having the malacca cane tucked under his arm.
Dope | Sax RohmerHe replaced the receiver, took up a wet oilskin overall from the back of a chair and the cane from the mantleshelf.
Dope | Sax RohmerIt was ajar, and Kerry, taking an electric torch from his overall pocket, flashed the light upon the name-plate.
Dope | Sax RohmerHe was slight, wore a workman's overall suit, and he had a lunch box under his arm.
Rapidly he removed his reefer and his waistcoat, folded them, and placed them neatly beside his overall.
Dope | Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for overall
from one end to the other
including or covering everything: the overall cost
in general; on the whole
British a protective work garment usually worn over ordinary clothes
(plural) hard-wearing work trousers with a bib and shoulder straps or jacket attached
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