general overview
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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overview
noun[C]
uk/ˈəʊ.və.vjuː/us/ˈoʊ.vɚ.vjuː/
a short description of something that provides general information about it, but ...
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Its purpose is to provide ageneraloverviewof an increasingly technical literature.
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Definitions are profoundly context-sensitive, and anygeneraloverviewis bound to be rather coarse-grained.
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The present study provides for the first time ageneraloverviewon the host range of the different lepidopteran stem borer families.
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In individual domains, research is advancing rapidly, and ageneraloverviewwill never keep up with this.
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This section presents ageneraloverviewof compositional modelling.
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The first part is ageneraloverviewthat deals with the relationship between gesture and sound; it includes a description of several mapping types.
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These are preceded by two chapters that present ageneraloverviewand deal with theoretical and conceptual issues.
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As such, it should appeal to readers interested in ageneraloverviewof this subject.
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Rather than ageneraloverview, the introduction provides much detail and a discussion on the subject of each essay.
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With twenty chapters in total, it is impossible to give more than ageneraloverviewhere.
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Figure 12 presents ageneraloverviewof how control flows between the three procedures and how it flows within each procedure.
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Before starting the formal argument, let us give ageneraloverviewof our strategy.
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The first two chapters provide ageneraloverviewof the impact of economic globalisation and 'societal pluralization' on contemporary social policy.
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The first chapter gives ageneraloverview, including details of research; initiatives in different countries.
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Although the description of ecological features of lichendominated communities is meant as ageneraloverview, it contains important detailed information.
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The relentless catalogue of features and examples can make for heavy reading and it lacks a final chapter giving ageneraloverview.
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The book consists of nine chapters, beginning with ageneraloverviewof the phenomena, which also gently introduces the most important theoretical concepts connected with definiteness.
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Although the application of the various tests and models would be very different for soils that freeze, the chapter does provide a goodgeneraloverviewon which to build.
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This two-volume work is essentially a collection of his previously published papers on individual castles, to which an introductory account providing ageneraloverviewof the subject has been added.
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