adj
Meaning 1
All-encompassing, all around.
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adj
All-encompassing, all around.
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adv
Generally; in general.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Considering or taking into account everything.
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Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
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Usage: UK
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noun
A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
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Usage: US, in-plural
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adjective satellite
involving only main features
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adjective satellite
including everything
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noun
(usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
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Broader terms: work-clothing, work-clothes
noun
a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
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Synonyms: boilersuit, boilers suit
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Broader terms: coverall
History
From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over + all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dutch overal (“everywhere”), German Low German overall, överall (“everywhere; all over”), German überall (“all over; everywhere”), Danish overalt (“everywhere”), Swedish överallt (“everywhere; overall”).
Across languages
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