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Crime Study Perception People’s Street Lighting Reported Adverb

Word overall
WordType (adverb)
Phonetic BrE / ˌəʊvərˈɔːl / NAmE / ˌoʊvərˈɔːl /
Example
  • the company will invest $1.6m overall in new equipment.
  • overall, this is a very useful book.
  • in conclusion, the study has provided useful insights into the issues relating to people’s perception of crime.
  • based on this study, it can be concluded that the introduction of new street lighting did not reduce reported crime.
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(adverb)BrE / ˌəʊvərˈɔːl / NAmE / ˌoʊvərˈɔːl /
  1. including everything or everyone; in total
    • The company will invest $1.6m overall in new equipment.
  2. generally; when you consider everything
    • Overall, this is a very useful book.
    • In conclusion, the study has provided useful insights into the issues relating to people’s perception of crime.
    • Based on this study, it can be concluded that the introduction of new street lighting did not reduce reported crime.
    • To sum up, no evidence can be found to support the view that improved street lighting reduces reported crime.
    • The available evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that the media do have an influence on the public perception of crime.
    • The main conclusion to be drawn from this study is that public perception of crime is significantly influenced by crime news reporting.
    • This study has shown that people’s fear of crime is out of all proportion to crime itself.
    • Fear of crime is out of all proportion to the actual level of crime, and the reasons for this can be summarized as follows. First…
    • Overall/In general, women are more likely than men to feel insecure walking alone after dark.
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