Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A broad, comprehensive view; a survey.
- n. A summary or review.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An overlooking; inspection.
- To overlook.
Wiktionary
- n. A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
- v. To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete An inspection or overlooking.
- n. A brief summary of a topic, situation, or plan; an outline or survey{2}.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a general summary of a subject
Etymologies
- over + view (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And this is after an early in the term overview and several exercises in the reading of fiction.”
“Big moment: The MT6 release of The Sounds of Megaphone Unlimited, as close to a label overview as one could ever hope.”
“Now I have to go with "But your overview is much more in depth than anything I could contribute.”
“(The Jon L. Breen overview is nice, but not enough.)”
“A 10 minute overview is too long for the source material of Breaking Dawn.”
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“As I listened to the morning discussion group as well as the overview from the camp and school directors, I struggled to place these dedicated individuals in a social context I could understand because they seem like such an anomaly.”
“The new overview from the researchers 'June report gives the Mac portables the lead in every size category, ranging from near-ultraportables up through desktop replacements.”
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“- An excellent overview from the Persmuseum in Amsterdam.”
“Having said that, I think writing an overview is a good idea in some cases.”
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“The quality of the image can also be altered so fine details can be seen if desired or if a general overview is needed, a lesser quality image can be used.”
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