overall

«overall» in Mova's school dictionary: including everything; total: «the overall cost» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (overall); adverb (overall); noun (an overall, overalls)

meaning for a pupil

1) Overall means including everything; total: «the overall cost». tree →

2) Overall (adverb) means in general, taking everything into account: «Overall, it was a good day». tree →

3) (UK) An overall is a loose coat worn over clothes to keep them clean. tree →

4) Overalls are trousers with a bib and straps (US also dungarees in UK), or a one-piece work suit. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths «overall» means the total or the whole result: overall score, overall winner, overall change. In everyday writing and reports «overall» starts a summary sentence. In art lessons pupils wear overalls to protect clothes. Phrases: «overall winner», «overall total», «on the whole».

examples

• The overall cost of the trip was fifty pounds. tree →
• Overall, the class did well in the test. tree →
• She was the overall winner of the race. tree →
• Put on your overall before painting. tree →
• The builder wore blue overalls. tree →
• What is the overall change in temperature? tree →
• Overall, I enjoyed the film, though it was long. tree →
• Our team came third overall. tree →

note

In maths «overall» usually means add everything up, or look at the start and end only: from 5 up 3 then down 7 is an overall change of 4 down. In UK «overalls» can be the one-piece suit; «dungarees» are the bib trousers; in US «overalls» means the bib trousers. Stress: O-ver-all.

In the corpora

• Betting companies set the odds so that, overall, they always make money.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overall» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.