overall distribution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallanddistribution
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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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distribution
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or ...
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(Definition ofoverallanddistributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Suchoveralldistributionpatterns are a much better basis for the description, comparison and interpretation of these non-systematically collected regional data.
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Confocal immunofluorescence was used to examine theoveralldistributionof actin during early oogenesis (data not shown).
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It seems clear that the kit items that occupy the front part of theoveralldistributionare those that are followed by a velar consonant.
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The anonymity postulate treats two aggregate distributions as equally good if, after income is redistributed among persons, theoveralldistributionis the same.
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The proportion of women who accepted the various techniques was not appreciably different from theoveralldistributionwhen information was received through medical personnel.
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Theiroveralldistributionsuggests that they are most frequently found in complementary contexts.
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Table 4 shows theoveralldistributionof forms in these contexts only.
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An obvious next step, currently under investigation, is to examine theoveralldistributionof pronouns in child-directed speech.
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In theoveralldistribution, four conferences stand apart at the most favorable end.
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Such an effect could increase the frequency of crossovers in regions that normally experience few of these events, thus altering theoveralldistribution.
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Theoveralldistributionis one with a central bias.
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As expected, the effect of left government on theoveralldistributionof wages is egalitarian.
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Observe that this comparison is not being made in terms of positions in theoveralldistributionof earnings.
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Theoveralldistribution, then, shows preterit forms mainly on the higher levels of the hierarchy, whereas the present is found mostly on the lower levels.
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Nevertheless, theoveralldistributionof ballot types was much the same in 1910 as a decade earlier.
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By using such averages and strict economical criteria, however, the problem ofoveralldistributionof wealth is enhanced.
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Animal noun modifiers are not considered here as theiroveralldistributionin the dataset is very low.
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