different between overriding vs overall

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?d??

Verb

overriding

1. present participle of override

Noun

overriding (plural overridings)

1. The act or process by which something is overridden.

Adjective

overriding (comparative more overriding, superlative most overriding)

1. Superior, of supreme importance in the case.

Translations

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).