overall estimate

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandestimate

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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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estimate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈes.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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(Definition ofoverallandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverall estimate

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Squares are used to denote the size or importance of each study in theoverallestimate.
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His statistics are anoverallestimatederived from various nineteenth-century censuses and hence do not apply to any particular date.
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Anoverallestimateof treatment effect was calculated for each outcome with 95 % confidence intervals (negative estimates represent results favouring counselling).
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Such a skill is a matter of sensitivity, whereas theoverallestimateof one's own performance is a matter of bias (or threshold of optimism).
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In this analysis, we developed composite scores which were designed to give the bestoverallestimateof the individual child's phase of development.
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Its purpose is to provide anoverallestimateof treatment non-adherence in community psychiatric services, and to analyse and study patient characteristics explaining the between-study heterogeneity in rates of non-adherence.
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If analysts do not add a proportion of downtime to theoverallestimateof staff time/patient, this approach will underestimate labor costs and biases the cost-effectiveness ratio.
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Because averages for the central versus peripheral samples within a strain were not significantly different, they were averaged to obtain anoverallestimateof horizontal cell density for each animal.
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This figure is a broadoverallestimateand it is not possible to give a meaningful breakdown by individual authorities.
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The costs of preparation of trunk road schemes vary with their nature, size and complexity and nooverallestimateis available.
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We have not therefore yet attempted such anoverallestimate.
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Although the final cost is not yet available, the presentoverallestimate, including professional fees and equipment, is £28 million.
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Nooverallestimateof the impact of this aid on future private investment is available.
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The idea of anoverallestimateof what is required is difficult of attainment because no industry is static; it changes all the time.
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Anoverallestimateof the value of lost production is, therefore, not possible.
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The information on which to base anoverallestimate, including unsubsidised theatres etc.
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There is no reliableoverallestimateof the revenue lost as a result of the shadow economy.
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This includes some information relating to the costs of removal of asbestos, but no national picture oroverallestimateof costs is available.
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We want anoverallestimateof what apprenticeships industry is likely to require.
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