overall achievement

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandachievement

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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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achievement
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/us
/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/
something very good and difficult that you have succeeded ...
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(Definition ofoverallandachievementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He packs so much into each chapter that it is difficult to give a concise picture of theoverallachievement.
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First, there should be a discontinuity inoverallachievementthat separates learners within the critical period from those outside it.
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These factors were students' expectation of theiroverallachievementin foreign language courses, perceived self-worth, and perceived scholastic competence.
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Nevertheless, these points do not significantly detract from the book'soverallachievement.
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However, theoverallachievementof the pupils in my sample is somewhat lower than that of students at a specialist music school.
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Nayak et al. (1990) found nooverallachievementdifferences between monolinguals and bilinguals, but bilinguals exhibited greater flexibility in their use of strategies to accommodate a given situation.
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However, we are not complacent; we recognise that theoverallachievementmasks recruiting shortfalls in some critical employment groups.
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The amendment is part of thatoverallachievement.
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It will provide better skills by setting tough new standards for literacy, numeracy andoverallachievement.
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Thisoverallachievementin the past has closed the critical gap between the number of dwellings in this country and the number of households seeking dwellings.
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It stated that development was required on areas such asoverallachievement, expectations and consistency.
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He is credited with engineering a culture of success that has produced impressive results in student access, retention, graduation, andoverallachievement.
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However, some critics felt the book's realism undercut itsoverallachievementas a novel.
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In a tracking system, the entire school population is assigned to classes according to whether the students'overallachievementis above average, normal, or below average.
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Formative assessment is particularly effective for students who have not done well in school, thus narrowing the gap between low and high achievers while raisingoverallachievement.
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Pupilsoverallachievementis satisfactory.
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It is very difficult to discover what was meant by overall achievements.
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