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overall
noun
- (Brit)
1. A loose-fitting coat-like garment worn over ordinary clothes to protect them.
2. A one-piece garment with trousers to cover the legs and either a dungaree-type top, or top with sleeves, worn to protect clothes. Compare coverall.
- Thesaurus: coveralls (
- Form: overalls
- 1. Including everything.
- Example: the overall total
- Thesaurus: complete, comprehensive, inclusive, total, thorough, general, broad; Antonym: narrow.
- Example: the overall length
- 1. As a whole; in general.
- Example: quite good, overall
- Thesaurus: generally speaking, by and large, in general, in the long run, on the whole.
