overview

o·ver·view

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [oh-ver-vyoo]
- /ˈoʊ vərˌvyu/
- /ˈəʊ.və.vjuː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [oh-ver-vyoo]
- /ˈoʊ vərˌvyu/

Definitions of overview word

noun overview a general outline of a subject or situation; survey or summary. 1
noun overview summary 1
countable noun overview An overview of a situation is a general understanding or description of it as a whole. 0
noun overview a general survey 0
noun overview a general review or survey 0

See all 5 definitions of overview

Information block about the term

Origin of overview

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50; over- + view

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Overview

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Overview

overview popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for overview

noun overview

aerial perspective — a means of indicating relative distance in terms of a gradation of clarity, tone, and colour, esp blue
apercu — outline
apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
bird's eye view — You say that you have a bird's eye view of a place when you are looking down at it from a great height, so that you can see a long way but everything looks very small.
compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.

All 15 Synonyms of overview