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over·all (ō′vər ôl′; for adv. ō′vər ôl′)

adjective

  1. from end to end
  2. including everything; total

adverb

  1. from end to end
  2. in general

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overall Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • finish: Despite finishing third overall, he became the record holder for that circuit during the race.

Adjective modifier

  • eighth: She recently finished eighth overall in the Mistral Oceanic Championships in Sydney Harbor.

Modifies a noun

  • aim: The overall aim is to provide a quick means of monitoring a range of useful sources with minimum effort.

Used with adjective complement

  • perform: We do not track what individual users read, but instead how well each page or content area performs 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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