overarching objective
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverarchingandobjective
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overarching
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɑː.tʃɪŋ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːr.tʃɪŋ/
most important, because of including or affecting all ...
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objective
noun[C]
uk/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/us/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
something that you plan to do ...
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(Definition ofoverarchingandobjectivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theoverarchingobjectiveof the monograph is to marry the corpusbased study of performance data to all sorts of intuition-based considerations about creativity in language usage, 'competence', and cognition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both issues are, of course, relevant to the general,overarchingobjectiveof the whole agreement, namely that of abolishing the visa system.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Nor is there anoverarchingobjectiveof equality of access.
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Hansard archive
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I have already outlined action for sustainable development, which is ouroverarchingobjective.
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Hansard archive
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Theoverarchingobjectivein section 37 ought therefore to be that of completely phasing out customs duties on non-agricultural products.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Theoverarchingobjectiveof this cooperation is the eradication of poverty in the context of sustainable development.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It's a real-time action/strategy game, where theoverarchingobjectiveis to conquer and control islands.
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Wikipedia
Cotera recognizes theoverarchingobjectiveof the project is to provide broadbased public access to oral histories, material culture, correspondence, and rare outofprint publications for both scholarly and pedagogical purposes.
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Wikipedia
The few overarching objectives the programme now contains are generally known, and so they should be.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Allow me to say something about the overarching objectives.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The programme states the overarching objectives, and it is of course extremely important for us to know that this is the direction in which we must be moving.
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