overall coherence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandcoherence
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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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coherence
noun[U]
uk/kəʊˈhɪə.rəns/us/koʊˈhɪr.əns/
the situation when the parts of something fit together in a natural or ...
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(Definition ofoverallandcoherencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoverall coherence
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It is perfectly valid to challenge a paradigm based on theoverallcoherenceor selfconsistency of the world view that it implicates in total.
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Sticking patterns together without proper ordering will not provide anoverallcoherence.
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The relations between evaluative and referential elements create theoverallcoherenceof the story.
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Here a sense ofoverallcoherenceis quite absent.
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Issues on people's minds included how to change cultures towards multidisciplinary research and how to encourage innovation without losingoverallcoherence.
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They argued that these devices provide the perspective from which the narrative is given itsoverallcoherence.
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The result of this 'missing link' to the theory is a rather detached second part which disrupts theoverallcoherenceof the book.
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The introduction of new hypotheses and arguments that seem unrelated to previous discussions undermine theoverallcoherenceof the text.
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Interview transcripts are rated on scales that assess various dimensions such as insightfulness, acceptance, and complexity, and anoverallcoherencescale.
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The author admits that the book is not intended to be comprehensive and this, given theoverallcoherence of his account, should not be seen as a weakness.
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The findings of this study seem to suggest that the presence of evaluative expressions is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for theoverallcoherenceof the story.
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The decision to accept approximately £160 million from the private sector removed any possibility of the contents having anoverallcoherence.
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The proposed wording just needs some improvement to ensure theoverallcoherenceof the text.
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Dividing the fight against discrimination among a number of texts is dangerous for theoverallcoherence of the anti-discrimination mechanism and therefore weakens it.
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Furthermore, 62 amendments could be at least accepted partially or in principle, with some changes needed in order to ensure theoverallcoherenceof the text.
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In the meantime it appears that several directives, and consequently also national legislations in this area, are in force, and it is difficult to see anyoverallcoherenceamong them.
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Theoverallcoherenceidea is useful.
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It is not clear that an age commission is the best way to proceed, and such a course could raise questions about cost-effectiveness andoverallcoherence.
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In these idealized systems,overallcoherenceis expected to emerge somehow, possibly through careful design of the interacting components.
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