overall
oh vuh rawl
- n (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
- n a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
- s involving only main features
the overall pattern of his life - s including everything
the overall cost
- Their prognosis is better overall than people who have smoking-related lung cancer.
- On the Republican side, the Hawkeye poll showed that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has widened his overall lead by 8 percentage points, to 36.
- Standing athwart of the Obama tide and yelling stop has been great business for Fox News, whose overall ratings jumped (21%) in February while CNN's declined sharply (44%).