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overall

adj
/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɔːl//ˌoʊ.vɚˈɒl/CA/ˈəʊ.və.ɹɔːl/

Etymology

From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over + all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dutch overal (“everywhere”), German Low German overall, överall (“everywhere; all over”), German überall (“all over; everywhere”), Danish overalt (“everywhere”), Swedish överallt (“everywhere; overall”).

  1. derived from ofer eall
  2. inherited from overall

Definitions

  1. All-encompassing, all around.

    • We believe also that a controlled economy cannot be understood without some overall view of the controlling institutions: hence our short studies — shorter by far than the original drafts — of the central administration.
    • "The cranium is clearly plesiomorphic in overall form, presenting primitive traits shared by earlier hominins," the authors wrote.

  2. Generally

    Generally; with everything considered.

    • Overall, there is not enough evidence to form a clear conclusion.

  3. A garment worn over other clothing to protect it

    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.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest,…

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

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Derived

overalled

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at overall. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at overall. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at overall

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA