overall picture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandpicture
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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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picture
noun
uk/ˈpɪk.tʃər/us/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
a drawing, painting, ...
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(Definition ofoverallandpicturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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And the law notoriously sustains a fair amount non-meshing, pockets of anti-coordination, and so on, so theoverallpictureusually looks more modular than homogeneous.
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First, the answers were read through several times to acquire anoverallpictureof the answers.
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However, theoverallpictureshows gradual improvement over time.
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Theoverallpicture, then, is that cross-linguistic influence is not found in the domain of subject realization.
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Theoverallpicturethat has emerged from (15)-(18) is as follows.
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In common with oscillitons these waves contain smaller-scale oscillations so that theoverallpictureis one of a sequence of periodical wave packets.
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Theoverallpicturethat forms from our research is that the position of the care-users is generally enhanced when they employ undocumented care-workers.
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While the careful review of the literature is valuable, the reader does not emerge with a very clearoverallpictureof intonational development.
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This made it possible to have a clearoverallpictureof the sub-divisions in terms of time and to deal with them with relative ease.
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Thisoverallpictureis borne out by the statistical analyses.
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We have provided some new perspectives on this issue, but theoverallpictureis the same.
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There are brilliant individual scholars sprinkled over the country, but theoverallpictureis bleak.
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Some contributors revisit their sources with a view to amending ouroverallpicture.
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There are also the occasional spontaneous direct comments, as well as theoverallpictureconcerning this relation which emerges from certain questionnaires.
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A co-ordinated research strategy is advisable, as small pieces of research may add little to theoverallpicture.
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A backlash in public opinion ensued that contradicted theoverallpictureof stabilisation, even lowering, of most crimes.
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Such an analysis, while providing anoverallpicture, ignores the rapid improvement of records in the years immediately succeeding the introduction of new events.
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At the same time, classification of complaints according to content would give anoverallpictureof the problems from which the masses suffered.
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Theoverallpictureis one of industrial development being the cause of prosperity which in its turn has improved the health of the people.
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