overall

Meaning

Adj

All-encompassing, all around.

Adv

Generally; with everything considered.

Noun

1. 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.
2. A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌəʊvəɹˈɔːl/

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; overall”).

Sentences

Five times she came in third in the overall ranking .

The products are summed up in overall product categories .