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overview en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/ (US)
  • /ˈəʊ.vəˌvjuː/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English view English overview From over- + view.

Meanings

  1. A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
    • With that in mind, here is an attempt to provide an overview of what's happening where, as well as a recap on some of the major announcements that have taken place in the past few months. 2020 August 12, Paul Bigland, “High Speed 2 is starting to accelerate”, in Rail, page 56:
  2. (rare) A view from above.
  3. (obsolete) An inspection.
    • Are we betray’d thus to thy over-view? c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overviews Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

overview effect

Translations (61)

sv översikt (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ko 개요 (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · cy arolwg (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ja 概要 (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · tr genel bakış (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · es vista en conjunto (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · mi tirohanga whānui (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · de Überblick (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · mi kōrero whānui (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · da overblik (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ga léargas ginearálta (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · cmn 概觀 /概观 (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · pt visão geral (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · bg резюме (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · mi tirowhānui (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · es resumen (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ka მიმოხილვა (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · hu áttekintés (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · fi yleiskatsaus (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · pt apanhado (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · fr vue d'ensemble (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · es visualización conjunta (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · fr synthèse (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ga osamharc (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · sv resumé (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · cy trosolwg (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ro vedere de ansamblu (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · it panoramica (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · pt breve resumo (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · nl overzicht (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · fr aperçu (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · sh pregled (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ro rezumat (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · he סקירה (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · es descripción general (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ga forbhreathnú (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · pl przegląd (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · nb oversikt (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · fi yleiskuva (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · tr kısaca gözden geçirme (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · es panorama (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ga foramharc (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · pdc Iwwerguck (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · fr survol (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · hi अवलोकन (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · fr résumé (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · ru обозре́ние (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · cs přehled (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · fa نمای کلی (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · it visione d'insieme (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · sh prikaz (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · el επισκόπηση (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · es general (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · de Übersicht (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · sv överblick (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · la breviārium (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · eo superrigardo (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · lv pārskats (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · es visión de conjunto (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · it resoconto (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation) · uk огляд (brief summary, as of a book or a presentation)

overview en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/ (US)
  • /ˈəʊ.vəˌvjuː/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English view English overview From over- + view.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.
    • Gouldner, on the other hand, overviewed all of sociology as it exists in the Western world today, using Talcott Parsons as a "representative" example of its dominant mode of thought. 1976, Elizabeth A. Freidheim, Sociological Theory in Research Practice, →ISBN, page 313:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overviewed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overviewed Tense=Past lexicographic
overviews Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overviewing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

overviewable