overview

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.

   • With that in mind, here is an attempt to provide an overview of what's happening where, as well as a recap on some of the major announcements that have taken place in the past few months.
2. 2

   A view from above.

3. 3

   An inspection.

   • Are we betray’d thus to thy over-view?
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   1. 4

      To engage in an overview

      To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.

      • Gouldner, on the other hand, overviewed all of sociology as it exists in the Western world today, using Talcott Parsons as a "representative" example of its dominant mode of thought.

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