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How to pronounce overall in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms boilers suit, boilersuit
Type of coverall
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the overall cost.
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the overall pattern of his life.
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Type of work clothing, work-clothing, work-clothes, work clothes

Examples of overall

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Overall, the contest raised $6,039 for the groups and the Geneva History Center.
From the dailyherald.com
This will be huge building block of your overall relationship for years to come.
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Alex Smith, the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick out of Utah, becomes a free agent.
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Overall 9% more of them expect to be adding staff than expect to be reducing it.
From the forbes.com
Overall, 13 area school districts made the watch list, down from 19 last spring.
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The girls squad managed to score only six team points and finished 13th overall.
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Overall our analysis shows that many end up in places with lower housing prices.
From the forbes.com
Debate on the bill contrasted sharply with the overall tone of the 2011 session.
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Bemidji State made the 2009 Frozen Four as the tournament's No. 16 overall seed.
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More examples
  • (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
  • Involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life"
  • Including everything; "the overall cost"
  • A loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
  • 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 ...
  • (overalls) Loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them; Loose fitting pair of pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work
  • (Overalls) For a woman to dream that she sees a man wearing over-alls, she will be deceived as to the real character of her lover. If a wife, she will be deceived in her husband's frequent absence, and the real cause will create suspicions of his fidelity.
  • (Overalls) Not what you think, and an extremely important development in the history of men's clothing. Today, the word "overalls" conjures up images of the baggy bib-fronted and suspendered clown suit more correctly known as "bib overalls" that was designed for railroad trainmen about 1890. ...
  • (overalls) n. 1. A light coat worn over normal clothes to protect them from getting dirty. See also boiler suit.