overall - use in sentences
Converse of object
- finish: Despite finishing third overall, he became the record holder for that circuit during the race.
- wear: Before the 1914-18 war he always came to college in a top hat and morning coat and did not wear overalls in the laboratory.
- rank: July 2005 UCL Chemistry ranked 3rd overall by The Guardian in their University Guide 2006.
- come: The band went onto come 3rd overall in the competition, playing at the UK final at the Mean Fiddler ( London ).
Adjective modifier
- eighth: She recently finished eighth overall in the Mistral Oceanic Championships in Sydney Harbor.
- 4th: The under 11 girls finished 4th overall while the under 13 girls finished 3rd.
- 12th: Good climb for Kaiser Chiefs, Katherine Jenkins ' Living a Dream remains the classical best-seller, and 12th overall.
- 3rd: July 2005 UCL Chemistry ranked 3rd overall by The Guardian in their University Guide 2006.
- 11th: By first service Stephen was up to 11th overall and was a mere 15 seconds behind JWRC contender Guy Wilks.
- 15th: Anne Ridley of Shaftesbury repeated her performance of last year to be first lady home - in 15th place overall.
Modifies a noun
- aim: The overall aim is to provide a quick means of monitoring a range of useful sources with minimum effort.
- winner: On 6th October 2004, the overall national winner stands to receive a total prize of £ 40,000 in cash!
- responsibility: Your ' named nurse ' has overall responsibility for your nursing care.
- impression: The overall impression was a strong debut collection, particularly for boys for which there is a dearth of good clothing.
- score: The overall zetoc usage score in Table 2 is 7.8.
- objective: The overall objective is to develop the Cost Calculator to incorporate unit costs for all services that children receive within specific time frames.
Used with adjective complement
- perform: We do not track what individual users read, but instead how well each page or content area performs overall.
- win: The ' B ' team won again to win overall.
Noun used with modifier
- place: Carnival Float In 1999 we entered a float into the Oldham Carnival, this earned us second place overall.
Preposition: in
- championship: She recently finished eighth overall in the Mistral Oceanic Championships in Sydney Harbor.
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