overview

noun, verb — 4 senses

overview

noun

UK /ˈəʊ.vəˌvjuː/ · US /ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/

Etymology From over- + view.

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.2020 August 12, Paul Bigland, “High Speed 2 is starting to accelerate”, in Rail, page 56:

2

Rare A view from above.

3

Obsolete 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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

Derived terms: overview effect

overview

verb

Etymology From over- + view.

1

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:

Derived terms: overviewable

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