overall well-being

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandwell-being

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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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well-being
noun[U]
uk
/ˌwelˈbiː.ɪŋ/
us
/ˌwelˈbiː.ɪŋ/
the state of feeling healthy ...
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(Definition ofoverallandwell-beingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The positive influence of music on ouroverallwell-beinghas been recognised for centuries.
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According to the former, each of us has a duty to promoteoverallwell-being.
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Thus, when we evaluate health, we have to evaluateoverallwell-being.
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Second, we combine the biomarkers in a measure of allostatic load to compareoverallwell-beingamong groups.
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In women as a whole many more of the associations are with general subjective state and withoverallwell-being.
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Everyone should be working for theiroverallwell-being.
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The quality characteristics of organic food constitute inputs into a consumer's demand function for improved (human) health andoverallwell-being.
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In turn, caregiver strain experienced by the spouses of cancer patients plays an important role in theiroverallwell-beingand quality of life.
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This implies that patients' psychological characteristics andoverallwell-beingmust come into play in both the inpatient and post-acute care settings.
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Changes in power relations may have a strong effect on their on-farm activities, off-farm employment, andoverallwell-being.
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Like prioritarians, the respondents would be interested inoverallwell-beingand giving priority to the worse off, rather than simply age.
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It is important to assess the environment into which the treatment is being added, reviewing all existing medication, prescribed or not, as well asoverallwell-being.
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When putting the matter in perspective, it is worth remembering the contribution that it makes to children'soverallwell-being.
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Mineral planning authorities are concerned about the local economy, local environment and theoverallwell-beingof local people.
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We hope, instead, to both broaden and deepen understanding of how to use these and other technologies that have so much to offer for improving both health andoverallwell-being.
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Unlike measures designed to identify and assess specific symptoms related to a particular disorder, global ratings attempt to capture a patient'soverallwell-beingat a given point in time.
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Given these salient and multiple developmental tasks during the transition to adulthood, it is likely that one's successes and difficulties in negotiating the various tasks relate to one'soverallwell-being.
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But then we are back to the sixtyfour trillion to the power of n-dollar question of how on earth suchoverallwell-beingis to be measured in practice.
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It is clear to anyone with any common sense that a thriving care home sector is crucial to theoverallwell-beingof the health service.
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Business wants to see a low-taxation economy, but not at the expense of theoverallwell-beingof the economy.
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I make no apologies for introducing in a debate about education ouroverallwell-beingas a nation in the industrial and commercial field competing world-wide.
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They say thatoverallwell-beingdecreases if people pursue meaningless desires.
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A running score determines the petsoverallwell-being; neglect leads to the pets demise.
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In addition, it obligates them to integrate a gender perspective in their policy decisions, legislation, development plans, and activities, and to ensure theoverallwell-beingof women.
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