overarching

[ oh-ver-ahr-ching ]

adjective

1. forming an arch above:

   great trees with overarching branches.

2. encompassing or overshadowing everything:

   The community's overarching needs are more jobs and better housing.

overarching

/ ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃɪŋ /

adjective

1. overall; all-encompassing

   an overarching concept

Word History and Origins

Origin of overarching¹

First recorded in 1710–20; overarch + -ing ²

Example Sentences

You need to have a clear understanding of these metrics and how they relate to your overarching marketing goals.

From Search Engine Watch

Streaming viewership’s increase since March has inflamed the various streaming battles into an overarching turf war.

From Digiday

The laws of gravity tell you how the universe responds to matter and energy — it’s really overarching.

From Quanta Magazine

Separating campaigns by country, or by overarching region, allows you to better control bids and segment out reporting.

From Search Engine Land

CEO Sharon Cooney, who recently took the helm following the unexpected death of former MTS chief Paul Jablonski, said the agency will soon seek outside reviews of its overarching security practices and its use of force policy.

From Voice of San Diego

They claimed that the lack of an overarching policy on concussions put their health at risk.

From The Daily Beast

In the current crisis, Obama has articulated no overarching cause, no doctrine about defending freedom and democracy.

From The Daily Beast

To dwell on that for a moment is to get a sharp taste of the overarching issue that Liberty Ridge raises for us.

From The Daily Beast

Yes, I get that Always is attempting to build large, overarching connections between girls getting older and losing self-esteem.

From The Daily Beast

Just what that is—and whodunit—remains the overarching plot that carries an electric current throughout the action.

From The Daily Beast

Some fathomless millpool would hold Michael and Alan with its hollow waterfall and overarching trees and gigantic pike.

From Project Gutenberg

Manitoo had now and again to change his position, where he stood huddled up under an overarching cliff.

From Project Gutenberg

Below us slept the waters of the bay, reflecting, in their crystal depths, the superincumbent mountains and overarching sky.

From Project Gutenberg

The dense forest growth overarching the road, shut out the starlight and we were unable to see six feet in our front.

From Project Gutenberg

The path is narrow and the overarching trees shut out every ray of starlight.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• overall
• throughout
• underlying