overall strength
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandstrength
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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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strength
noun
uk/streŋθ/us/streŋθ/
the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or ...
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(Definition ofoverallandstrengthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Most patients expressed concern about their physical appearance and0or deterioration ofoverallstrengthand stamina.
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Yet this scarcely detracts from theoverallstrengthand uniqueness of the study.
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In the impaired model, theoverallstrengthof the phonological representations was weakened, exaggerating the disadvantage of word final stops and fricatives.
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One does not have to reduce theoverallstrengthin order to improve the promotion structure.
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It means that theiroverallstrengthhas grown and will continue to grow.
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The ultimate total establishment is likely to show a considerable reduction on the presentoverallstrength.
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Of course, theoverallstrengthof the service is much larger than it was then.
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We have been dealing before, not with other ranks strength specifically, but dealing with theoverallstrength.
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There was supposed to be anoverallstrengthof 165,000, and then it went up to 185,000.
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The role of the active citizen and of voluntary organisations was paramount in theoverallstrengthof that community.
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I pay tribute to the valuable contribution they make to theoverallstrengthof our armed forces.
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It had anoverallstrengthof approximately 269,000.
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It also enhances theoverallstrengthof his body.
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Overallstrengthis not as favourable as higher rating categories.
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The new division was set up to increase total relevant effort at a time when the establishment'soverallstrengthis being reduced.
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Unfortunately, as was pointed out, in spite of thisoverallstrength, there are some firms building smaller types of ships which are rather badly off.
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This year, about 20; but this is only one of several factors affectingoverallstrength, and these may vary from year to year.
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This way, the technical disadvantage and the numerical disadvantage inoverallstrengthcan be effectively resolved.
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However, the larger shape to the loop does reduce itsoverallstrength.
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The stringer serves to increase the board'soverallstrengthand reduce its flexibility.
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Some modern estimates put hisoverallstrengthat more than 30,000.
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Each party is allocated seats on committees in proportion to itsoverallstrength.
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Overallstrengthand financial capacity is present so as to make failure only a remote probability.
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Since then the school continuously maintained andoverallstrengtharound 1600 to 1700.
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Although some good players were undoubtedly involved, the teams tended to lackoverallstrengthand capability.
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