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overall
Adjective
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An overall effect, strategy, picture, etc., is one that covers everything but may not go into detail.
The play has many Christian elements, but the overall effect is not necessarily Christian.
overall
Adverb
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If you look at something overall, you look at the whole of it.
Despite losing a few games, the team achieved greater successes overall than in previous years.
Overall the book works well.
Fewer people came out locally, but there was an overall greater response at a national level.
overall
Noun
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An overall is a large, loose protective coat.
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Overalls are pants with a front that comes up to your chest and straps over your shoulders.
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Overalls are a loose protective trouser and shirt in one.
amplitude
Noun
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The measure of how big something is.
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The biggest possible absolute value of the vertical part of a periodic curve.
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The biggest possible absolute value of something that changes periodically (like a wave).