Definitions for overall
ˈoʊ vərˈɔl; ˈoʊ vərˌɔlover·all

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. overall(noun)

   (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)

2. overall, boilersuit, boilers suit(adj)

   a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work

3. overall(adj)

   involving only main features

   "the overall pattern of his life"

4. overall(adj)

   including everything

   "the overall cost"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. overall(Noun)

   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. overall(Noun)

   A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

3. overall(Adverb)

   Generally; with everything considered.

4. overall(Adjective)

   All-encompassing.

Freebase(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Overall

   An overall, over all, bib-and-brace overalls, or dungarees, is a type of garment which is usually used as protective clothing when working. Some people call an overall a "pair of overalls" by analogy with "pair of trousers".

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Overall

   A single citation covering several articles of various degrees of specificity or a single citation covering papers or abstracts presented at a meeting. A subject overall refers to a series of articles on a single subject; a congress overall refers to papers presented at a formal local, regional, national, or international gathering; a society overall refers to papers presented at an annual, semi-annual, monthly, weekly, or other meeting of a society, academy, institute, hospital, etc. The publication type may be used for a single citation with or without the additional indexing or cataloging of individual papers. The individual papers, however, are not labeled OVERALL.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'overall' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1712

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'overall' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2524

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'overall' in Adverbs Frequency: #382

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'overall' in Adjectives Frequency: #219

Anagrams for overall »

1. all over, all-over, allover, valerol

How to pronounce overall?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of overall in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of overall in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of overall in a Sentence

1. Pramila Jayapal:

   I don't think those comments were helpful to a broader picture of how we build progressive power in the House and what it looks like relative to overall Democratic power.

2. Sebastian Jara:

   There's a lot of evidence that CPAP improves overall health and quality of life in both sexes with sleep apnea, also, because sleep apnea is less recognized in women, our hope is that this will provide further evidence that patients should be evaluated and treated for sleep apnea.

3. Larry Hu:

   While growth is likely to stabilize in November, the overall downtrend will continue in months ahead.

4. Jane Leung:

   There's just a greater level of scrutiny overall in terms of transactions in the private market.

5. Lynn James:

   Really, I think it takes legislation to make a big change like that in terms of overall population health, along with policy and nutrition education, in many developing countries, they're trying to Westernize their diets.

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