overall
Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɔːl/
The English word “overall” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- All-encompassing, all around.
adverb
- Generally; in general.
- Considering or taking into account everything.
noun
- A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
- A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
Etymology
From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over + all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dutch overal (“everywhere”), German Low German overall, överall (“everywhere; all over”), German überall (“all over; everywhere”), Danish overalt (“everywhere”), Swedish överallt (“everywhere;…
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