overall total

collocation in English

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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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total
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
the amount you get when several smaller amounts are ...
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(Definition ofoverallandtotalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Within each category, a number of indicators are employed, resulting in anoveralltotalof sixty-two different measures for each case.
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Anoveralltotalscore may also be derived by summing the fear and avoidance ratings for all items.
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For genetic model fitting, to estimate heritability components, we used the full distribution of the summed item score for each scale as well as theoveralltotalscore.
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It would have been interesting to see the changes in the same period in the proportion of landless married men in theoveralltotalmale population in the same district.
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The average item-total correlation was r 0.49 and the average inter-item correlation was r 0.30, suggesting items were moderately correlated with theoveralltotalscale and with each other.
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Claims about wealth maximization offer to make the same mistake about distributive justice-as though theoveralltotalmattered more than the justice of the prosperity or ruin of particular individuals.
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All verb forms referring to future states or events, thus defined, were extracted from each of the five data sets, for an initialoveralltotalof 3,585.
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Overalltotal, percentages given in parentheses.
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By the same date in 1980, 20,528 such applications had been received and theoveralltotalfor the year including late applications was 21,105.
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It is not readily possible to separate the cost of the relatively minor staff involvement and overheads to give anoveralltotal.
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The proportion of representations from vice-chancellors and principals is necessarily small, given theoveralltotalof letters received.
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Theoveralltotalbased on five submarines should be about 2,000 officers and men.
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What has changed within thatoveralltotalis the main type of bacteria or organisms that we have to deal with.
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No, although there are minor fluctuations in theoveralltotalfrom time to time.
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What is the difference in theoveralltotalpayment?
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My second point is on theoveralltotalof public expenditure.
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In other words, only three judges out of theoveralltotalof nine who have looked at the case will have the final say.
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Theoveralltotalcost to the end of 1975 will be about £22,000.
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