Overall

Definition: Overall

Overall

Adjective

1. Involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life".

2. Including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed".

Noun

1. Work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps).

2. (British) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "overall" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Note: Overall \O"ver*all\, adverb. Everywhere. [obsolete]. (references)

Industry

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Overall

Crosswords: Overall

Danish (overalls), Dutch (overalls), German (coverall, overall, overalls), Hungarian (boiler suit, dungarees, overalls), Swedish (coveralls, overalls, slop).

But if I say so myself, I do find the overall effect very slimming (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

It might depend somewhat on the type of bottle, but overall I expect the effect would be similar (Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn; writing credit: Verónica Suárez)

Overall triple overall beams (Southern Hospitality; performing artist: Ludacris)

Southern Hospitality we overall mean (Southern Hospitality; performing artist: Ludacris)

An Overall Hero (1920)

Intimate Portrait: Park Overall (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Firm for Life: A Lifelong Plan for Fitness, Energy, and Overall Good Health (reference)

• Overall Assembly Machine Market for 2001 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (reference)

• Overall Flexible Assembly Systems Market for 2001 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Overall Market Analyses, Sustainable Forestry Within an Industry Context (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• 1998 Olympic Overall Highlights (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Carter's Green Overall Set John Lennon Collection - Large (reference)

• Carter's Yellow Overall Set John Lennon Collection - Large (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured is a breast cancer cell, photographed by a scanning electron microscope, which produces a 3-dimensional images. This picture shows the overall shape of the cell's surface at a very high magnification. Cancer cells are best identified by internal details, but research with a scanning electron microscope can show how cells respond in changing environments and can show mapping distribution of binding sites of hormones and other biological molecules. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Graphic of overall ITOS system. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Well managed cool-season pasture in Davis County, Iowa. NRCS offers planning assistance for pasture production as part of its overall conservation planning assistance program. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Overall view of self help housing in Placerville, CA. Credit: USDA.

At Tsingtao, China, on 4 July 1933, "dressed overall" for the holiday. She is flying the four-star flag of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, Commander in Chief Asiatic Fleet, at her forepeak. Credit: NAVY.

Underway during a Neutrality Patrol, 29 June 1941. Photographed from USS Wasp (CV-7). Note her unusual paint scheme: overall No. 5 Navy Gray on vertical surfaces, with all identifying markings painted out. This was done as a security measure prior to her transiting the Panama Canal earlier in the Spring. Credit: NAVY.

Orval Overall. Credit: Library of Congress.

Albert Steiger Company, Springfield, Massachusetts. Long overall view. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dyna-Empire, Stewart Ave., Garden City. General overall view. Credit: Library of Congress.

St. Ann's Church, Wisconsin Ave. Interior of St. Ann's Church, overall, from rear. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Now, while still pursuing the method of realizing our overall strategic concept, I come to the crux of what I have traveled here to say. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

His bony hand dug its way like a squirrel into his overall pocket, brought out a black, bitten plug of tobacco

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Overall family functioning and relationships are disrupted. (references)

It has an overall response rate of approximately 35 percent. (references)

Rehabilitation is an important part of the overall cancer treatment process. (references)

Business

It was responsible for overall policy. (references)

Overall, customs duties have been reduced. (references)

This overall share distribution is expected to continue. (references)

Children

India

The central Government spends approximately 5.9 percent of its overall budget on education. (references)

El Salvador

The ISPM held meetings to educate citizens on how to reduce the overall level of violence in their communities. (references)

Ukraine

Health care is provided equally to girls and boys, but economic problems worsened the overall quality of the health care system. (references)

Civil Liberties

Vietnam

To obtain official recognition, a group must obtain government approval of its leadership and the overall scope of its activities. (references)

Pakistan

Other observers believed that the changes could have led to a reduction in the overall number of cases filed under the blasphemy laws. (references)

Georgia

Several newspapers were reputable sources of information, although lack of financial resources hinders overall journalistic development. (references)

Economic History

Gambia, The

Health: Overall life expectancy--59.3 yrs. (references)

Norway

Overall taxes in Norway, however, are quite high. (references)

China

China's overall meat exports by volume remain flat. (references)

Human Rights

Ukraine

Human rights groups state that, overall, the Constitutional Court has maintained a balance of fairness. (references)

Burundi

There were credible reports that abductions increased during the year; however, no credible overall figures were available. (references)

South Africa

Isolated rural areas in KwaZulu-Natal that previously experienced violence remained tense at times; however, the overall level of violence continued to decrease. (references)

Indigenous People

Russia

Some groups in the far eastern part of the country criticized the Government for not developing an overall concept for the development of indigenous people. (references)

Minorities

Germany

OPC statistics for 2000 indicated a 49 percent increase in the overall number of proven or suspected rightwing crimes committed in 2000 as compared with 1999 (10,037 in 1999 to 14,951 in 2000). The number of violent rightwing crimes (including killings, attempted killings, and attacks that result in bodily injury, arson, and bombings) rose more than 30 percent, from 746 in 1999 to 998 during 2000. The OPC reported that 50,900 persons were active in rightwing circles in 2000; including 36,500 members of rightwing political parties, 2,200 neo-Nazis, 4,200 members of other rightwing groups, and approximately 9,700 violence-prone individuals. (references)

Political Economy

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is our fifteenth-largest trading partner overall. (references)

Political Rights

Algeria

The RND lost some seats but remained the overall victor in the Assembly elections. (references)

Armenia

Serious breaches of the election law resulted in a lack of public confidence in the integrity of the overall election process. (references)

Hong Kong

Prodemocracy candidates won 17 of the 24 seats elected on a geographic basis (including 1 in a December 2000 by-election) and 22 seats overall. (references)

Trade

Kenya

The largest overall multilateral donor is the World Bank. (references)

Kazakhstan

The National Bank is charged with overall supervision of all banks. (references)

Pakistan

Since 1967, the United States has won $2.6 billion in overall procurement. (references)

Travel

Uk

Repairs are underway and the overall safety record is otherwise good. (references)

Kenya

Kenyan buyers appreciate quality and service, and, if justified, are willing to pay extra if they are convinced of a product's overall superiority. (references)

Ireland

Being in general a developed economy, Irish buyers appreciate quality and service and are willing to pay extra if they are convinced of a product's overall superiority. (references)

Women

Switzerland

Women less often occupy jobs with significant responsibilities, and women's professional stature overall is lower than men's. (references)

Switzerland

A 2000 study found that discriminatory behavior by employers accounts for 60 percent of the overall wage gap between men and women. (references)

Ukraine

At the end of 2000, according to the State Committee on Statistics, overall unemployment was 4.2 percent and women accounted for 65 to 70 percent of the unemployed. (references)

Worker Rights

Armenia

The extent to which this affects the overall economic situation is unknown. (references)

Ukraine

Work conditions and pay levels were impacted adversely by the overall poor state of the economy. (references)

Tanzania

Overall, only approximately 5 to 7 percent of the country's 2 million wage earners are organized. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "overall": Overall [Publication Type] ♦ overall balance ♦ overall breadth ♦ overall budget ♦ overall coefficient of heat transfer ♦ overall fire plan ♦ overall leadership ♦ overall loss ♦ overall mission ♦ overall policy ♦ overall rating ♦ overall reduction ♦ overall survival ♦ overall view ♦ overall width. Additional references.

Beginning with "overall": overall-activity, overall-that.

Ending with "overall": an-overall, best-overall.

Afrikaans

volledig (entire, integral, whole), totaal (integral, total), hele (entire, integral, whole). (various references)

Albanian

rrobë pune, robdishan pune, me kufi, i plotë (all out, big, broad, clear, close, complete, comprehensive, crowded, dead, direct, dyed in the wool, entire, flush, fraught, full, gross, integral, out and out, outright, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plummy, pregnant, radical, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unabbreviated, uncut, unquestioning, utter, whole), i përgjithshëm (all out, appellative, blanket, common, ecumenical, general, generic, public, sketchy, universal), i gjithkapshëm. (various references)

Arabic 

‏من الأول للآخر, ‏إجمالي (aggregate, gross, outright, synoptic, total), ‏ثياب العمل (overalls), ‏شامل (catholic, comprehensible, comprehensive, extensive, full, full scale, general, generic, global, including, inclusive, pandemic, perfect, sweeping, thorough, total, universal), ‏بصورة شاملة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

цялостен (across the board, all around, all out, complete, intact, integral, integrate, mass, organic, radical, teetotal, thorough, total, whole), цял (cool, entire, full, good, intact, integral, integrate, livelong, perfect, regular, right, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabridged, unbroken, undivided, whole), външен (adventitious, adventive, exterior, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, formal, inorganic, ostentatious, outdoor, outer, out-of-door, outside, outward, over, oversea, overseas, showy, surface), всеобщ (general, omnibus, universal), всеобхватен (across the board, all-embracing, catholic, omnibus, well-rounded, wide), общо (altogether, at large, commonly, generally, grossly), общ (aggregate, blanket, broad, collective, common, communal, corporate, general, generic, global, impersonal, joint, omnibus, solid, total, wide), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog), пределен (marginal, terminal, terminative, utmost). (various references)

Catalan

sencer (entire, integral, whole). (various references)

Chinese 

總體 (completely, entire, total, totally), 總 (always, chief, gather, general, head, in every case, to assemble, total), 总之 (Overalls), 整體 (as a whole, entirety, integrated, whole), 全面 (all-around, comprehensive, total). (various references)

Czech

vše zahrnující, paušální (across the board, all in, blanket, fixed, flat), globální (general, global), celkový (aggregate, general, total), celkovì, celkem (altogether, generally, in sum, in the aggregate, on the whole). (various references)

Danish

hel (entire, integral, whole). (various references)

Dutch

totaal (amount, at all, complete, completely, entirely, full, integral, quite, sum, through, total, totally, whole, wholly), geheel (at all, completely, entire, entirely, entirety, fully, integer, integral, quite, through, total, whole, wholly), algeheel (integral, total). (various references)

Esperanto

tuta (entire, whole), totala (total). (various references)

Faeroese

allur (all the, each, entire, every, every one, everybody, integral, whole). (various references)

Farsi 

همه جا, لباس کار, سرتاسر (Across, At, Capapie, Crossways, Crosswise, Hipandthigh, Through), رویهمرفته (Average), شامل همه چیز, بالاپوش (Coverlet, Mantle, Quilt, Wrapper). (various references)

Finnish

työtakki, kokonais (total), koko (dimensions, entire, fairly, integral, rather, size, stature, the whole, volume, whole), haalari (dungarees, overalls). (various references)

French

total. (various references)

Frisian

totaal (absolute, complete, integral, total), hielendal (entire, integral, whole), hiel (absolute, complete, entire, integral, total, whole), gânsk (entire, integral, whole), gâns (entire, integral, quite, very, very much, whole), finaal (entire, integral, whole), alles omfiemjend (absolute, complete, integral, total). (various references)

German

Overall (coverall, overalls), Schutzanzug (anti-exposure suit, exposure suit, fire suit, fire-fighting tunic, immersion suit, protective clothing, protective suit, spray clothing, survival suit, turn-out suit), kittel (coat, frock, overalls, smock, smocks), gesamt (aggregate, cumulative, entire, gross, together, total, whole), allumfassend (all-embracing, global, universal). (various references)

Greek 

μπλούζα εργασίας. (various references)

Hebrew 

מקיף (all inclusive, all out, circumscribed, comprehensive, embracing, extensive, surrounding, sweeping), מעפורת (apron, pinafore, smock), סרבל (dungaree, smock). (various references)

Hungarian

munkaköpeny (frock, smock, smock-frock), átfogó (all round, all-in, broad, comprehensive, expansive, extensive, hypotenuse, intensive, large, panorama, roundabout). (various references)

Icelandic

heill (entire, integral, whole). (various references)

Indonesian

keseluruhan (altogether, gamut, totality, whole), global (broad, global). (various references)

Italian

totale (absolute, all, all out, blank, complete, entire, gross, integral, sheer, sound, summation, total, utter, whole), tutto (all, all the, altogether, any, anything, each, each one, entire, every, every one, everybody, everything, integral, whole, whole shoot), intero (absolute, all, complete, entire, exclusive, full, intact, integral, livelong, round, thorough, total, whole, wide), completo (absolute, all, all out, all round, arrant, blank, clear, complete, dead, entire, full, full up, implicit, inclusive, integral, intimate, out and out, outfit, outright, perfect, round, set, sound, stark, suit, thorough, total, totally, unabridged, utter, whole), camice (Alb, coat, smock, white coat). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

総括的 (all-embracing, all-inclusive), 全体として , 全 (all, complete, entire, pan, whole), オートマチック車 (autoload, auto-manipulator, automat, automatic camera for detecting and recording speeding vehicles, automatic repeat, automatic return, automatic reverse, automatic transmission car, automation, automaton, automobile, autoracing, auto-raise, awning, ball hit over the head of an outfielder, convertible, eau de toilette, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, hors d'oeuvre, oatmeal, OB, ode, old boy, open, open account, open caption, open course, open game, open golf, open sandwich, open side, open system, open toaster, open-air, open-end mortgage, opener, opening, opening game, opening number, orb, orbiter, ornament, out-of-bounds, oven, oven toaster, over, over doctor, over fence, over par, overaction, overblouse, overbooking, overborrowing, overcharge, overcoat, overdraft, overdrive, overdub, overflow, overhand, overhand pass, overhand throw, overhang, overhaul, overhaul net, overhead, overhead pass, overhead projector, overheat, overkill, overlap, overlay, overload, overloading, overloan, overnight, overnight bag, overnight photo service, overpace, overpresence, overproof, override, overrun, overshoes, overskill, overslide, overstep, overtime, overture, overweight, overwork, overwrite, overzone, owner, owner system, owner-driver, owner-pilot, self-locking, water of life), サルモネラ食中毒 (salmonella food poisoning, salon, salon music, sarong, sarong apron, surrogate mother, surrogate pair). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぜんたいとして, ぜん (ago, all, before, cancer, complete, entire, former, good, goodness, meal, niche or alcove for an image, one-time, pan, prayer, previous, right, table, the above, tray, virtue, vow, whole, wish, Zen), そうかつてき (all-embracing, all-inclusive), オーバーオール , サロペット . (various references)

Korean 

전부 (Altogether). (various references)

Manx

er fud (during, throughout). (various references)

Papiamen

tur (all the, each, entire, every, every one, everybody, integral, whole), total (integral, total), henter (entire, integral, whole), henté (entire, integral, whole), hèntèr (entire, integral, whole), enter (entire, integral, whole), enté (entire, integral, whole), emter (entire, integral, whole). (various references)

Pig Latin

overallay.(various references)

Polish

całkowity (entire, integral, whole). (various references)

Portuguese

total (absolute, all out, all-out, all-purpose, amount, entire, entirety, gross, integer, number, outright, plenary, run-down, sheer, sum, summation, teetotal, through and through, tot, total, universal, utter, whole). (various references)

Romanian

tot (all, altogether, approximately, entire, equally, everything, integer, integral, likewise, livelong, long, whole), salopetã (rompers, smock frock, union suit), peste tot (all over, anywhere, around, passim, throughout, wide), pantaloni largi de lucru, pantaloni de lucru, halat de lucru, halat (dressing gown, robe, slop, wrapper), global (aggregate, gross, total), combinezon de lucru, îmbrãcãminte de protecţie. (various references)

Russian 

общий (blanket, collective, common, conjoint, corporate, general, generic, genl general, global, joint, mutual, sharable, shareable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ogrtač (cape, cloak, cope, frock, mantle, overcoat, slipper, wrap), obuhvatan (spacious), uopšte (all: at all, ever, generally, large: in large), svugde (all over), globalan (global). (various references)

Spanish

todo (all, all in all, all of, all the, altogether, any, anything, each, entire, entirely, every, every inch, every one, everybody, everything, indiscreet, integral, the lot, the whole bag of tricks, whole, works), entero (all in one, clear, complete, entire, intact, integer, integral, livelong, not castrated, outright, payment, point, resolute, sound, strong, total, unbroken, upright, whole), total (absolute, aggregate, catholic, complex, entire, outright, sheer, sum, summation, tally, throwput, total, totalization, utter, whole, wholesale), completo (absolute, all around, all round, clear, complete, consummate, downright, entire, finished, full, inclusive, integral, omnibus, outright, perfect, plain, plenary, Plumb, rank, round, sheer, stark, thorough, total, unalloyed, utter, whole), cabal (absolute, complete, entire, exact, integral, proper, regular, thorough, together, total, utter, whole). (various references)

Sranan

eri (entire, integral, whole). (various references)

Swahili

-zima (entire, integral, whole), zima (entire, whole). (various references)

Swedish

total (aggregate, entire, full scale, global, integral, out and out, out-and-out, outright, pure, rank, stark, total, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, wholehearted). (various references)

Thai

ทั้งหมด (en bloc, full monty, gross), รวมทั้งสิ้น. (various references)

Turkish

tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), göğüslük (apron, plastron), bütün (aggregate, all, all out, all over the, altogether, at all, clear, complement, complete, continuum, entire, entirely, every, everything, gross, holo-, integral, omni-, one and only, out and out, pan-, quite, round, sheer, solid, the total, the whole, total, totality, unbroken, undivided, utter, whole, wholly), önlük (apron, bib, dicky, pinafore, pinny, school uniform, smock). (various references)

Ukrainian

спецодяг, робочий халат, всеосяжний (all-embracing, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, encyclopaedic, encyclopaedical, encyclopedic, encyclopedical, omnibus, omnidirectional, spacious), всеохоплюючий (all out), загальний (aggregate, all out, appellative, blanket, collective, common, general, generic, generical, global, net, nominal, pandemic, universal), абсолютний (absolute, all round, blank, complete, direct, plenipotential, plenipotentiary, positive, sheer, unmitigated), повний (absolute, all out, big, broad, chock-a-block, complete, crass, definitive, entire, fatty, flush, full, integral, orbicular, out and out, outright, overblown, perfect, plenary, profound, pudgy, pure, rotund, round, total, utter, whole). (various references)

Vietnamese 

toàn thể (aggregate, all, en masse, entire, teetotal, universal, universally), toàn bộ (all, clear, ensemble, entire, entirely, global, in toto, integer, lump, total, totality, whole, wholly), từ đầu này sang đầu kia, áo khoác (cope, mantle, pall). (various references)

universus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "overall": overalled, overalls. (additional references)

Words ending with "overall": coverall. (additional references)

Words containing "overall": coveralled, coveralls. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Overall" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Oreval, overa, overal, overfall, Overhall, overil, oversail. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: allover.

-1 letter: loreal.

-2 letters: laevo, laver, loral, lover, ravel, valor, velar, volar.

-3 letters: aero, aloe, arvo, aver, earl, lave, leal, lear, leva, levo, lore, love, olea, olla, oral, orle, oval, over, rale, rave, real, role, roll, rove, vale, veal, vela, vera, vole.

-4 letters: ale, all, are, ave, avo, ear, ell, era, lar, lav, lea, lev, oar.

+1 letter: allovers, alveolar, coverall, overalls, overcall.

+2 letters: alveolars, coveralls, overalled, overcalls.

+3 letters: alleviator, alveolarly, cloverleaf, coveralled, flavorless, labiovelar, marvellous, overcalled, resolvable, revolvable, vorticella.

+4 letters: alleviators, cloverleafs, labiovelars, marvelously, nonverbally, outrivalled, overcalling, overliteral, severalfold, slaveholder, ultraviolet, vectorially, vorticellae, vorticellas.

+5 letters: behaviorally, cloverleaves, irresolvable, overpedalled, proverbially, slaveholders, ultraviolent, ultraviolets, unresolvable.