overall narrative

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandnarrative

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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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narrative
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈnær.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈner.ə.t̬ɪv/
a story or a description of a series ...
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(Definition ofoverallandnarrativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverall narrative

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Changing the illustration, we might think about a novel and, in particular, the relation between itsoverallnarrativeand its components.
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Quite what determines the appropriate perspective on any occasion is, no doubt, a complex matter, but will include such factors as context, function, andoverallnarrative.
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This embedded participatory experience was distinctive, and the votes of the children in the audience impacted on elements of theoverallnarrative, for their interventions did influence what happened next.
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Frequently, one story of this sort will lead to men telling other stories that connect with the first through the same characters, similar activities, or the sameoverallnarrativequality.
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In addition, each of their personal stories can be considered important to theoverallnarrativewhile at the same time being background or color.
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From this, she has visualised oneoverallnarrativeby creating a series of eight videos which are all episodes in a series.
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Extravagant musical numbers and comedy sketches were roughly linked into anoverallnarrative.
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As a result, theoverallnarrativeprovided by the prosecutor, the context if you will, is extremely important.
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Tsai noted that the over-the-top, socially distortedoverallnarrativejuxtaposes some of the dark, gritty moments.
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However, another writer states theoverallnarrativeis flawed, distorted by its weight of undeserved loss and inaccessible healing.
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In revues, a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches, there is nooverallnarrative, but rather a sequence of unrelated (often lavish) musical numbers.
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