different between overall vs especially

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) (adjective, adverb) IPA^(key): /???v?????l/
• (UK) (noun) IPA^(key): /???v????l/
• (US) (adjective, adverb) IPA^(key): /?o?v???l/
• (US) (noun) IPA^(key): /?o?v??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Adjective

overall (comparative more overall, superlative most overall)

1. All-encompassing, all around.

Synonyms

• big, entire, total, whole; see also Thesaurus:entire
• exhaustive, thorough; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive

Translations

Adverb

overall (not comparable)

1. Generally; with everything considered.

Synonyms

• all things considered; see also Thesaurus:mostly

Translations

Noun

overall (plural overalls)

1. (Britain) 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.
2. (in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

Synonyms

• overslop
• slop

Translations

Further reading

• overall in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• overall in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• all over, all-over, allover, valerol

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English overall, from over + all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??ro?l/, /?v??ral/, /?v??ro?l/, /?v??ral/

Noun

overall c

1. a coverall

Declension

References

• overall in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

English

Alternative forms

• esp., esp

Etymology

especial +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sp??(?)li/, /??sp??(?)li/, /??sp??(?)li/
• (nonstandard, proscribed) IPA^(key): /?k?sp??(?)li/

Adverb

especially (comparative more especially, superlative most especially)

1. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
2. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.

   • Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

Synonyms

• (special manner):
• (particularly): in particular; see also Thesaurus:specifically
• (emphasis): first and foremost; see also Thesaurus:above all

Related terms

• especial
• special
• specialist
• specialty
• 'specially

Translations

See also

• esp