overview
/ˈəʊ.vəˌvjuː/US/ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/
overview noun: a brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
Noun
overview (plural overviews)
- 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
- A view from above.
- 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]...
Verb
overview (third-person singular simple present overviews, present participle overviewing, simple past and past participle overviewed)
- 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
overview meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
overview in Hindi
- brief summary, as of a book or a presentation
- अवलोकन avlokan
overview in Tamil
- மீள்பார்வை, மேலோட்டம், கண்ணோட்டம்
overview in Marathi
- विहंगावलोकन
overview in Urdu
- جائزہ, خلاصہ
More languagesFewer languages
- overview in Bengali
- সারসংক্ষেপ, সাধারণ ধারণা
- overview in Telugu
- అవలోకనం
- overview in Kannada
- ಹಕ್ಕಿನೋಟ, ಮೇಲ್ನೋಟ
- overview in Gujarati
- ઝાંખી, વિહંગાવલોકન, ઝાંખી કરો
- overview in Persian
- نمای کلی
Examples of overview in a sentence
- The authentication method and its details can be treated as a black box for purposes of this security architecture overview.
- Press the Super key to open the activities overview.
- Google Earth from street view to satellite overview is the practical paradigmatic example of zoomability.
Forms of overview
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | overviews |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | overviews |
| present participle | overviewing |
| past participle | overviewed |
| past | overviewed |
Origin of overview
From over- + view.
Words formed from overview
Phrases with overview
Questions about overview
- What does overview mean?
- Overview means a brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
- What is overview in Hindi?
- Overview in Hindi is अवलोकन (avlokan). See Overview meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is overview?
- Overview can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce overview?
- Overview is pronounced /ˈəʊ.vəˌvjuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of overview?
- The plural of overview is overviews.
Words near overview in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: overview (page history and authors); overview (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overview (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overview (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Overview (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overview (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overview (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overview (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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