overall tendency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandtendency
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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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tendency
noun[C]
uk/ˈten.dən.si/us/ˈten.dən.si/
If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or ...
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(Definition ofoverallandtendencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theoveralltendencyreflects the global probability of occurrence of participial affix doubling.
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Furthermore, these gender gaps had anoveralltendencyto increase as one descended the class ladder.
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In each variety, the corrected mean, which indicates theoveralltendencyfor the progressive to occur, is consistently and substantially lower for statives than for nonstatives.
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According to these analyses, children'soveralltendencyto disambiguate was largely explained by conditions in which a novel word was presented as the disambiguation probe.
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However, theoveralltendencyremained for men's interests as workers and their claims to 'skilled' and better-paid work and career progression to be secured over those of women.
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There was nooveralltendencyfor one group of lizards to attack prey more than the other group, independent of larval species.
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Theoveralltendencyof an act means merely the sum of its consequences, whether good or bad.
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I am aware that the final version might look rather different at the intergovernmental conference, but theoveralltendencyis fundamentally integrationist.
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If that happens, there is anoveralltendencyfor schools to disown problematic pupils and pass them on to another school that does not yet know them.
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That is theoveralltendency.
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Other research suggests that accuracy in affective forecasting is greater for positive affect than negative affect, suggesting anoveralltendencyto overreact to perceived negative events.
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However, overall tendencies may be tentatively explored.
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