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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

overall Usage Examples

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.