overall theme
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandtheme
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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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theme
noun[C]
uk/θiːm/us/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofoverallandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nevertheless, the ideas covered are very relevant to theoverallthemeof the meeting.
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Theoverallthemeof the symposium, therefore, was questions in community health care nursing research.
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Given theoveralltheme, the book would be of particular interest to those studying language typology.
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Whilst the overview provided is useful in the context of theoverallthemeof the book, much of the discussion here is based on secondary literature.
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But it is the eighteenth century that is central, and given the book'soveralltheme, it is hardly surprising that print culture looms large.
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Theoverallthemeis consistent with accounts which interpret postwar reforms in terms of a series of largely separate events, rather than as the construction of a coherent welfare state.
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Alternatively, of course, and most interestingly for our purposes, an author may work in both of these ways at once, allowing individual detail andoverallthememutually to interact.
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One of the challenges with a volume of this kind is to pull together a coherent set of chapters that deal with anoverallthemein a fairly comprehensive manner.
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Theoverallthemeof his book is that of 'recovery'.
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Such topics are interesting contributions to theoveralltheme, as are the shades of illness deception, such as exaggeration, factitious illnesses and the like.
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In all these studies of language use, the importance of gathering real-life data is highlighted, and this is anoverallthemein the book.
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However, theoverallthemewas a more comprehensive view on the policy issues of the diffusion and use of technology in health care.
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Heroverallthemewas of discrimination and disadvantage.
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Its timing and content struck me as apposite, given theoverallthemeof the conference.
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Theoverallthemeof the integration of services is consistent with what we need to achieve in the mental health field.
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In conclusion, let me return to theoverallthemeof the report, the need for a national strategy for the science and engineering base.
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The novel'soverallthemeis the struggle of the human mind's perceptions and beliefs versus reality.
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Theoverallthemeis medieval fantasy wherein different races live in strife and bloodlust is commonplace.
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These songs have their own stories and messages without necessarily being linked by someoveralltheme.
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