overall effect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandeffect
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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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effect
noun
uk/ɪˈfekt/us/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofoverallandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoverall effect
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It is reasonable to think that there may be anoveralleffectof distracters' length: the longer the distracter the larger the interference.
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Taking the monument in total, theoveralleffectis one of vertical and horizontal spatial grading.
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Therefore, theoveralleffectof inertia is destabilizing.
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The first goal of this study was to examine theoveralleffectof the two sources combined, relative to the effect of a single source.
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For each of the seven speakers, theoveralleffectof environment on height of the tongue tip is significant.
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For each trait selected into the final model, itsoveralleffecton seed yield was estimated.
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There was nooveralleffectof language on the children's performance on these tasks and no significant interactions.
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Anoveralleffectof token frequency of verbs was found in both languages and all age groups.
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Theoveralleffect, however, would still be for the individual to experience psychosis associated with an environmental event.
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Theoveralleffectis neat and highly legible.
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If we want to examine theoveralleffectof democracy, it is important to exclude investment from the analysis.
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Our temperature parameters remaining small, theoveralleffectwill also be negligible.
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The plot seems to smack of sensationalism but theoveralleffectis quieter.
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Theoveralleffectwas pleasant, with vaguely minimalist overtones in the harmony (though not in any obvious technical device), but at 18 minutes was over-long.
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Overalleffectof different rocking speeds in the detection task: the faster the rocking, the higher the percent correct and the shorter the reaction time.
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What is the passageway's contribution to the theatre's spatial configuration, and consequently to itsoveralleffect?
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Theoveralleffectis less evidence of breadth in research, more specialisation, and less evidence of research and teaching links.
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This finding may give a more optimisticoveralleffectsize.
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Theoveralleffectis to avoid multiple listings of related word senses and to enable both greater compactness and greater expressivity.
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The sameoveralleffectcan be manifested in a static distributional manner.
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