overall

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK) (adjective, adverb) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəɹˈɔːl/ (UK) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəɹɔːl/ (US) (adjective, adverb) IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈɔl/ (US) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚɔl/ (cot–caught merger; adjective, adverb) IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈɑl/ (cot–caught merger; noun) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚɑl/ Rhymes: -ɔːl === Adjective === overall (comparative more overall, superlative most overall) All-encompassing, all around. ==== Synonyms ==== big, entire, total, whole; see also Thesaurus:entire exhaustive, thorough; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === overall (not comparable) Generally; with everything considered. ==== Synonyms ==== all things considered; see also Thesaurus:mostly ==== Derived terms ==== length overall ==== Translations ==== === Noun === overall (plural overalls) (British) 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. (in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps. ==== Synonyms ==== overslop slop ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “overall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “overall”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === all over, all-over, allover, valerol == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English overall, from over + all. First attested in 1917. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔvɛˈroːl/, /ɔvɛˈral/, /ʊvɛˈroːl/, /ʊvɛˈral/ === Noun === overall c a pair of coveralls / (UK) overalls (with sleeves – compare snickarbyxor) a boiler suit Synonym: arbetsoverall a student boilersuit Synonyms: studentoverall, (slang) ovve a jumpsuit Synonym: (as a fashion item) byxdress a onesie Synonym: mysoverall a tracksuit (including two-piece tracksuits) Synonym: träningsoverall ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== arbetsoverall mysoverall pilotoverall skyddsoverall (“protective coveralls”) studentoverall träningsoverall ==== See also ==== arbetskläder blåställ snickarbyxor överdragskläder överdragsplagg === References === overall in Svensk ordbok (SO) overall in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) overall in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)