Overarching
adjective
Broad, general, and covering many things.
We must address the overarching issue of climate change.
Often appears as...
- overarching theme
- overarching objective
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Formal
adjective
Highest, most important or includes everything else beneath it.
The overarching goal of the legislation is to reduce carbon emissions.
Often appears as...
- overarching principle
- overarching strategy
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Broad, general, and covering many things.
We must address the overarching issue of climate change.
Often appears as...
- overarching theme
- overarching objective
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Highest, most important or includes everything else beneath it.
The overarching goal of the legislation is to reduce carbon emissions.
Often appears as...
- overarching principle
- overarching strategy
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Wide Scope
Use 'overarching' to describe something that affects or includes a wide range of ideas or elements.
The overarching concept of social justice encompasses many complex issues.
Pro Tip 2/3Umbrella Term
'Overarching' can be like an umbrella, grouping several related things underneath it.
Under the overarching theme of environmental protection, we discussed recycling, conservation, and pollution.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Specific
When something is 'overarching', it's usually not focused on details but rather the big picture.
Her speech touched on the overarching benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
Pro Tip 1/3Wide Scope
Use 'overarching' to describe something that affects or includes a wide range of ideas or elements.
The overarching concept of social justice encompasses many complex issues.
Pro Tip 2/3Umbrella Term
'Overarching' can be like an umbrella, grouping several related things underneath it.
Under the overarching theme of environmental protection, we discussed recycling, conservation, and pollution.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Specific
When something is 'overarching', it's usually not focused on details but rather the big picture.
Her speech touched on the overarching benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
Pro Tip 1/3Wide Scope
Use 'overarching' to describe something that affects or includes a wide range of ideas or elements.
The overarching concept of social justice encompasses many complex issues.
Pro Tip 2/3Umbrella Term
'Overarching' can be like an umbrella, grouping several related things underneath it.
Under the overarching theme of environmental protection, we discussed recycling, conservation, and pollution.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Specific
When something is 'overarching', it's usually not focused on details but rather the big picture.
Her speech touched on the overarching benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
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Seafood and Survival PIPE...
that truly makes us as human beings unique as animals on this planet and it's one of the things that really reminds us of really of what what it is of the beauty that it is to be human of the opportunity to commune I want to tell a few stories of my travels around the world that really represents to me it's really kind of the overarching
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Nationalism vs....
then this is something you can work out. Without some kind of global government, national governments each have an interest in doing it. But when you have a lose-lose situation like with climate change, it's much more difficult without some overarching authority, real authority.
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Glow-in-the-dark sharks...
our universe looks like a human brain cell, and then here we are in the deep ocean, and we're finding marine creatures and cells that can illuminate the human mind. And it's my hope that with illuminated minds, we could ponder the overarching interconnectedness of all life,
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Is our universe the only...
to tell you three key things about string theory first off what is it well it's an approach to realize einstein's dream of a unified theory of physics a single overarching framework that would be able to describe all the forces at work in the universe and the central
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
new theories and i feel like most other fields either work in one domain or the other but but this world seems to really get insights from both those kinds of approaches i think like you know the overarching lesson here is that um you know we are
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Why is our universe...
three key things about string theory. First off, what is it? Well it's an approach to realize Einstein's dream of a unified theory of physics, a single overarching framework that would be able to describe all the forces at work in the universe.
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The lies we tell about...
caste Hindus killing landless peasants and we have a lot of personal scores being settled now the overarching body the one that permissioned all of these killings was the right wing of the military and that was led by the US
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Eleni Gabre-Madhin:...
the overarching legal framework for making this market work. So, in fact, our proclamation is going to parliament next month. What's really important is that the ECX will operate a market information system
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How does fracking work?...
Natural gas is non-renewable, and the short-run economic interests supporting fracking may fall short in the face of global climate change. Experts are still examining fracking's overarching effects.
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See Antarctica Like...
to healthy eyes and without eyes there's gonna be no leopard seals there's gonna be no penguins climate change is of course the most important the overarching issue of our lifetimes
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Seafood and Survival PIPE...
that truly makes us as human beings unique as animals on this planet and it's one of the things that really reminds us of really of what what it is of the beauty that it is to be human of the opportunity to commune I want to tell a few stories of my travels around the world that really represents to me it's really kind of the overarching
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
then this is something you can work out. Without some kind of global government, national governments each have an interest in doing it. But when you have a lose-lose situation like with climate change, it's much more difficult without some overarching authority, real authority.
Video examples
Glow-in-the-dark sharks...
our universe looks like a human brain cell, and then here we are in the deep ocean, and we're finding marine creatures and cells that can illuminate the human mind. And it's my hope that with illuminated minds, we could ponder the overarching interconnectedness of all life,
Video examples
Is our universe the only...
to tell you three key things about string theory first off what is it well it's an approach to realize einstein's dream of a unified theory of physics a single overarching framework that would be able to describe all the forces at work in the universe and the central
Video examples
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
new theories and i feel like most other fields either work in one domain or the other but but this world seems to really get insights from both those kinds of approaches i think like you know the overarching lesson here is that um you know we are
Video examples
Why is our universe...
three key things about string theory. First off, what is it? Well it's an approach to realize Einstein's dream of a unified theory of physics, a single overarching framework that would be able to describe all the forces at work in the universe.
Video examples
The lies we tell about...
caste Hindus killing landless peasants and we have a lot of personal scores being settled now the overarching body the one that permissioned all of these killings was the right wing of the military and that was led by the US
Video examples
Eleni Gabre-Madhin:...
the overarching legal framework for making this market work. So, in fact, our proclamation is going to parliament next month. What's really important is that the ECX will operate a market information system
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
Natural gas is non-renewable, and the short-run economic interests supporting fracking may fall short in the face of global climate change. Experts are still examining fracking's overarching effects.
Video examples
See Antarctica Like...
to healthy eyes and without eyes there's gonna be no leopard seals there's gonna be no penguins climate change is of course the most important the overarching issue of our lifetimes
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Andrew Strauss
English Athlete
I think there will be one overarching coach for Tests and one-day cricket. I think you need one person in control and in charge of that environment. Also it's important for people to know I am not going to be playing a tracksuited role. The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach as it always has been.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.
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Peter Thiel
American Businessman
From my perspective, I think the question of how we build a better future is an extremely important overarching question, and I think it's become obscured from us because we no longer think it's possible to have a meaningful conversation about the future.
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Mike Rowe
American Celebrity
We need to tell better stories of men and women who master a trade. We have to stop telling kids to blindly follow their passion and show them the opportunities that exist. That was the big, overarching message of 'Dirty Jobs.
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Fred DeLuca
American Businessman
For a franchise system to work well, you really need people with an entrepreneurial mind-set because, while you have a large, overarching system that everybody has to work with, a lot of local issues have to be handled.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
A collection is, by my lights, a chance to build a universe, an overarching ecosystem. But it's common enough to encounter a hodgepodge instead, where flashes of brilliance are undercut by clunkers.
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Susan Barker
British Novelist
Truth is often a multiplicity of perspectives, and sometimes the more viewpoints and versions of events there are, the closer the reader gets to an overarching truth.
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Walter F. Mondale
American Lawyer
The overarching problem is one of the survival of humanity in the face of the growing nuclear menace. If those bombs go off, nothing else would matter.
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Lewis Thompson Preston
American Businessman
Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.
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John Dorsey
American Athlete
Every year, we want to win. That's an overarching goal.
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Andrew Strauss
English Athlete
I think there will be one overarching coach for Tests and one-day cricket. I think you need one person in control and in charge of that environment. Also it's important for people to know I am not going to be playing a tracksuited role. The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach as it always has been.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.
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Peter Thiel
American Businessman
From my perspective, I think the question of how we build a better future is an extremely important overarching question, and I think it's become obscured from us because we no longer think it's possible to have a meaningful conversation about the future.
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Mike Rowe
American Celebrity
We need to tell better stories of men and women who master a trade. We have to stop telling kids to blindly follow their passion and show them the opportunities that exist. That was the big, overarching message of 'Dirty Jobs.
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Fred DeLuca
American Businessman
For a franchise system to work well, you really need people with an entrepreneurial mind-set because, while you have a large, overarching system that everybody has to work with, a lot of local issues have to be handled.
Quote examples
Laura van den Berg
American Writer
A collection is, by my lights, a chance to build a universe, an overarching ecosystem. But it's common enough to encounter a hodgepodge instead, where flashes of brilliance are undercut by clunkers.
Quote examples
Susan Barker
British Novelist
Truth is often a multiplicity of perspectives, and sometimes the more viewpoints and versions of events there are, the closer the reader gets to an overarching truth.
Quote examples
Walter F. Mondale
American Lawyer
The overarching problem is one of the survival of humanity in the face of the growing nuclear menace. If those bombs go off, nothing else would matter.
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Lewis Thompson Preston
American Businessman
Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.
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John Dorsey
American Athlete
Every year, we want to win. That's an overarching goal.
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