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ˈover-ˈall, adj. phr.
(stress var.)
Now usu. written overall (stressed ˈoverall) and treated as a fully developed adj.
[The phrase over all (over prep. 13) used attrib.]
Including everything between the extreme points. Also with wider meaning: Considered over the whole range of components, features, or aspects.
[1876S. Kens. Mus. Catal. §2159 The length of the ‘Leinster’ is 350 feet over all.] 1894Westm. Gaz. 11 May 4/3 A fine steel cruiser, with an ‘over-all’ length of 335 ft. 1904R. M. Walmsley Mod. Pract. Electr. IV. iv. 984 (caption) Overall dimensions of tramcar motors. 1927R. T. Nicholson Austin Seven Bk. iii. 6 Overall length, 9 ft. 2 ins. Overall width, 3 ft. 10 ins. 1930Daily Express 6 Sept. 3 The New B P has ‘high overall volatility’. All of it evaporates quickly. 1940Economist 20 July 83/1 The recent fall in the over-all rate of net interest..has been due..to higher taxation on all investment income. 1941B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 22 Over-all merit, technical rating of a radio channel, expressed in numerals ranging from nought to five to represent the combined effect on reception of signal strength, fading, interference, depth of modulation, and distortion. 1956A. L. Rowse Early Churchills viii. 139 We must add an appreciation of the importance of sea-power in the conduct of over-all military operations. 1958Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 7 Mar. 679/2 Approximately equal in its overall area to the Weldon Room it differs from the latter in design in that it is not a single room covering the entire space available, but has been subdivided into three. 1958Engineering 11 Apr. 455/2 The estimated overall efficiency of the rectifier is 94·2 per cent. 1967M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour x. 195 In some studies there has been an overall decline in effectiveness, possibly due to unskilled trainers. 1972P. Olyslager Handbk. Ford Cortina Mk. III 3 The overall length is the same as on the Mk II Cortina. 1974Country Life 26 Dec. 2019/1 It is the overall balance of trade that is important. 1976Daily Tel. 30 June 4/6 They had taken a ‘significant step forward in cooperation’ aimed at seeing that the current overall recovery..does not touch off a new round of inflation. |