Plural of overall
regular plural
The plural of overall is overalls.
Forms of overall
| Singular | overall /ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɔːl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | overalls /ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Overalls in a sentence
- The women whose new jobs required pants, overalls, or skirted uniforms broke dramatically with convention.2017, Lynn Dumenil, The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I, Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press…. From the entry skirted
- "No Rico Suaves for me." He sank his thumbs into his armpits to simulate wearing overalls.2005, E. Lynn Harris, Freedom In This Village: Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men's Writing, page 387. From the entry Rico Suave
- The man in the very new overalls was just heaving a box up on the tailboard.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep. From the entry tailboard
- Joseph Paul took a pipe from the forepocket of his overalls.1939, Edwin Lanham, The Stricklands. From the entry forepocket
- And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC. From the entry first
Meaning of overall
- adjective All-encompassing, all around.
- adverb Generally; in general.
- adverb Considering or taking into account everything.
Questions about the plural of overall
- What is the plural of overall?
- The plural of overall is overalls.
- Is overall countable?
- Overall is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overall (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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