关于Overall的意思和用法的提问

A: Overall, the program is a great value.

What is the overall effect of the poem?

A: You use overall to indicate that you are talking about a situation in general or about the whole of something.

Cut down your overall amount of physical activity.
- In this sense, overall means total.
It is usually the mother who assumes overall care of the children.
- In this sense, overall could mean: total, full, or general.

Overall I was disappointed in his performance.
- In this sense, overall means that the prevailing feeling was one of disappointment.

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A: Overall, the conference was a great success, with insightful presentations and lively discussions.

The company's overall performance for the year was strong, with a significant increase in revenue and profits.

The overall goal of the project is to improve access to healthcare in underserved communities.

While there were a few challenges along the way, the team was able to achieve their overall objective of launching the new product on time.

The overall impression of the movie was positive, with many viewers praising the performances of the actors and the quality of the special effects.

A: ‘The team scored 65 points overall’
‘Overall, the meeting was a success’
(as a connective)

‘The painter wore overalls’
‘I bought a pair of overalls’
(as a noun/item of clothing)

A: Overall, I am very satisfied.
Overall, the product works fine.
Overall is just used very often at the beginning of a sentence

A: - Overall I liked the film, but I didn't like that particular character.
- We had a few bad days, but overall the holiday was great.

A: There were a few boring parts, but overall it was a fun day.

A: "Overall" is used to describe something that considers all aspects or elements as a whole:

The overall performance of the team was excellent this season.
The overall health of the population has improved over the years.


"General" is used to describe something that is broad or not specific, without going into specific details:

The general idea behind the project is to promote sustainability.
I have a general sense of where the restaurant is, but I don't know the exact location.

In summary, "overall" relates to the entirety or the complete picture, while "general" refers to something that is broad or lacks specific details.

A: Both are adverbs. Overall is generally with everything considered while whole is (colloquial) in entirety; entirely; wholly. (both can be used interchangeably)

A: overview - is a noun, means “summary”
overall - is an adverb or adjective, means “in summation”

examples:

“Here is an overview of the meeting”

“Overall, the meeting went well”

A: All is referring to many things- for example 'All of these people, all of the pens, all of those cakes' etc

Overall is more of a summarising statement. For example 'Overall the football game was enjoyable, the overall length of the house, the overall cost of the shopping

A: "entire" means all of something, nothing is left out

"she ate the entire cake" means she did not leave any of the cake behind, she ate all of it, she ate 100% of it

"overall" means "as a whole", or "for the most part", or "in general", or "taking everything into account", or "altogether"

"overall, the day was good" means that some parts of the day may have been bad, but the good parts of the day outweighed the bad parts of the day

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A: × part-1
✓ part-1


× After changing into overalls, ALF and three other sanitation workers began to collect rubbish along street.
✓ After changing into overalls, Alf and three other sanitation workers began collecting garbage along the street.

× It is almost noon, they arrived at Mrs. Frost’s house.
✓ At about noon, they arrived at Mrs. Frost’s house.

× When ALF was just getting out of the dust-cart, he saw his wife was leaving Mrs. Frost’s house.
✓ As Alf was getting out of the truck, he saw his wife leaving Mrs. Frost’s house,

× he immediately went back to the car and hid himself in order to be caught by his wife.
✓ and immediately went back to the garbage truck and hid in order not to be caught by his wife.

× Since he had gotten married, Alf was embarrassed to say the truth about his job all the time, for the simple reason that the people who do manual work have lower status than people who work in offices——but manual worker often have more earning actually.
✓ Ever since he was married, Alf has been embarrassed to admit to his wife what he does for a living. Even though garbage collectors often earn a very good salary, he is ashamed.

× Because of this, Alf’s wife has never been discovering that her husband is a sanitation workers.
✓ Because of Alf’s deceptions, his wife has never discovered what he does for work. Although it is an honest occupation, he is still ashamed.

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A: I dropped off my overalls to be mended BY the seamstress on the way to work.

A: At the alteration shop. Or with the seamstress.