Overview

Overview

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  • overview — UK US /ˈəʊvəvjuː/ noun [C] ► a short description of something which provides general information about it, but no details: provide/give/offer an overview of sth »This chart provides an overview of sales for the past six months. a… …   Financial and business terms

  • overview — ► NOUN ▪ a general review or summary. ► VERB ▪ give an overview of …   English terms dictionary

  • Overview — O ver*view , n. [Cf. {Survey}.] 1. An inspection or overlooking. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A brief summary of a topic, situation, or plan; an outline or survey[2]. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overview — index inquiry (systematic investigation) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overview — (n.) survey, summary, 1934, American English, from OVER (Cf. over) + VIEW (Cf. view) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • overview — [n] survey analysis, aperçu, audit, capsulization, critique, examination, inquiry, inspection, outline, pandect, précis, review, scrutiny, sketch, study, syllabus, synopsis, thumbnail, view; concepts 37,103,197,271,291 …   New thesaurus

  • overview — [ō′vər vyo͞o΄] n. a general review or survey …   English World dictionary

  • overview — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, concise, quick, short ▪ broad, general ▪ complete, comprehensive ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • overview — o|ver|view [ˈəuvəvju: US ˈouvər ] n a short description of a subject or situation that gives the main ideas without explaining all the details overview of ▪ an overview of the issues involved provide/give an overview ▪ The document provides a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • overview */ — UK [ˈəʊvə(r)ˌvjuː] / US [ˈoʊvərˌvju] noun [countable] Word forms overview : singular overview plural overviews 1) a description of the main features of something overview of: The book gives an overview of the period of French rule. 2) knowledge… …   English dictionary

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