historical overview

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandoverview

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/
us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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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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(Definition ofhistoricalandoverviewfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical overview

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The study will begin with a briefhistoricaloverviewof the development of the stela cult, followed by a review of previous research on stelae.
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The introduction provides both a usefulhistoricaloverviewand invitations to probe further.
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First, we also present a briefhistoricaloverviewto contextualize research on diverse youth.
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A briefhistoricaloverviewof memory and trauma is provided.
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We provide anhistoricaloverview, selectively review the current state of knowledge, consider advances and gaps in what is known, and identify new research directions.
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The title suggests that it might be anhistoricaloverview.
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A briefhistoricaloverview(2) describes the circumstances of discovery of the disorder.
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Chaps. 1-3 give a theoretical, methodological, andhistoricaloverviewof a critical pedagogy.
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The first chapter provides anhistoricaloverviewand sets the context for much of seismological research by an extended introduction to plate tectonics.
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I include a briefhistoricaloverviewof how vocal performance art developed and discuss its technological evolution from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Ahistoricaloverviewallows expanding our perspective on a subject and on the people who have contributed to its development.
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It begins by providing ahistoricaloverviewof word frequency studies.
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Each chapter gives a slighthistoricaloverviewof the main policy initiatives for older people and up-dates the reader with contemporary illustrations and future directions.
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The first and last chapters frame this picture with a broadhistoricaloverview.
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This article will provide ahistoricaloverviewof brain stimulation, describe state-of-the-art clinical applications, and discuss future prospects in this rapidly advancing field.
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In it he provides ahistoricaloverviewof the border situation, and quotes at length from official correspondence to provide additional weight to his report.
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We will begin with a briefhistoricaloverview.
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Next, the author gives a roughlyhistoricaloverviewof the relevant empirical studies, both on spontaneous production and comprehension.
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She continues herhistoricaloverviewwith more recent studies from the 1980s, when only a few scholars did sensible research on the language.
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