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Overview

//ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a general summary of a subject wordnet
  3. 3
    A view from above. rare
  4. 4
    An inspection. obsolete

    "Are we betray’d thus to thy over-view?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary. transitive

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From over- + view.

Etymology 2

From over- + view.

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