单词 | overview |
释义 | overviewn.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > inspection overview1598 overlook1865 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] lookingc1300 keepingc1380 charge1389 keepa1400 procuration?a1425 charchec1426 tuition1436 recommendation1483 fostera1500 sussy1513 carec1540 overlooking1565 regard1596 overview1598 accurance1677 protectiveness1847 protectingness1852 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 173 Too bitter is thy iest. Are we betrayed thus to thy ouer-view ? View more context for this quotation 1644 W. Laud Wks. (1854) IV. 242 The business of leaving the care of these books and the overview of them to my chaplains. 2. Originally U.S. A general survey; a comprehensive review of facts or ideas; a concise statement or outline of a subject. Also: a broad or overall view of a subject. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun] oversight1550 surveya1568 insight1581 theoric1588 view1604 compact1644 grand tour1793 overview1916 1916 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 13 471 An overview of the field of behavior under the following heads. 1934 Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 1 474 Having thus given, in organismic terms, a brief over-view of the nature and content of thought, we may now consider for a moment its logical aspect. 1944 Mind 53 276 According to the jacket..the purpose of this book is to present ‘an overview of present-day philosophical trends’. 1969 M. Crichton Andromeda Strain v. 44 A scientist with a conscience, an overview, an appreciation of the significance of events. 1975 A. S. Miskimin Renaissance Chaucer viii. 230 In an overview such as this, many questions will be begged. 1993 A. Toffler & H. Toffler War & Anti-war xvi. 141 In a preliminary overview of what they call ‘cyberwar’, they touch on broad strategic questions. 3. A view from above. Cf. overview v. 2. ΚΠ 1980 Hunting Ann. 1981 29/3 We didn't have a tree stand so I picked a little grassy knoll that allowed me a fairly good overview of the riverbottom. 1992 Zoo Life Winter 103/1 New African Panorama brings you face to face with giraffes and an exciting overview of the 13-acre African plains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overviewv. 1. transitive. Originally: to look through or over; to examine, inspect, or peruse. Now chiefly figurative: to review, summarize, take an overview of. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > examine or inspect through-lookc1175 spyc1325 to see overc1475 to see over ——1490 view1544 overview1549 sight1556 pervise1577 speculate1616 study1616 to have (also take) a look1673 to have a look1725 to eye over1795 scan1798 search1811 survey1860 skin1876 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] > look through, examine oversee1348 searcha1387 laita1400 overlooka1400 to look overc1400 to run through ——c1449 oversearch1532 overview1549 tumble1597 coursea1616 perquest1892 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Lij How they are faine to writhe their wittes in and out..in oueruewyng it againe. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 252 Commodus had ouerviewed and ransackt their store. a1650 S. D'Ewes Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) (modernized text) II. 71 I spent the remainder of this month in overviewing and sorting them [sc. coins]. 1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie vii. 149 I..and this Prince..departed from my Fathers Court, directing our course to overview Africa. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xi. 197 From the sweep of eagles' wings it becometh us overview the matter, and what's just and allowable of our greatness, choose that. 1977 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 1976 21 i. 17 The interplay of physiological-cognitive factors with respect to early speech perception and production has been critically overviewed by Gilbert (1975). 1994 Internet World July 106/3 They spend 50 pages overviewing what resources are accessible through the Internet. 2. transitive. To view from above; to look down upon, survey. Also: (of a vantage point) †to afford a view over, to overlook (obsolete). Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look down upon overseeOE overlooka1400 overview1564 pretergress1615 supervise1624 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > have view of [verb (transitive)] prospect1555 overview1564 overlook1632 command1697 the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy a height over or dominate overstandeOE overview1564 domain1589 command1610 supervise1624 overlook1632 domineer1812 overgaze1816 see1829 dominate1833 rake1842 overbendc1886 1564 J. Rastell Confut. Serm. M. Iuell f. 20 Euery contrie, Which the glorious light of the Ghospell hath now oueruewed. c1600 Timon (1980) i. iv. 11 A man of greate accompt; that hath oreveiu'd Soe many Countreyes. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iii. sig. F2 It [sc. the window] over-viewes a spacious Garden. 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxiv A lame man placed upon some high Tower can overview with his eyes more ground than [etc.]. 1864 S. B. Warner Old Helmet I. xii. 247 Mrs. Powle's fair face would overview a moral desolation more hopeless and more cheerless [etc.]. 1883 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia (rev. ed.) I. ii. vi. 190 Minds like vast Mountains a World overviewing. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 110 Perhaps we have overviewed the maze and seen our way out. Derivatives ˈoverviewing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] inspection1390 search1415 probationc1422 ensearchingc1430 surview1432 enserchise1436 overseeingc1449 sight1452 hearkeninga1483 discuting1483 ensearcha1509 inquiry1512 upsightc1515 perusing1556 perpending1558 overlooking1565 interview1567 trial1575 peruse1578 visitation1583 perspective?a1586 overviewing1590 looking over1599 sounding1599 perusal1604 supervise1604 disquisition1605 expiscation1605 prospect1625 ravellinga1626 disquiry1628 disquisitive1660 perpendment1667 inspecting1788 sleuthing1900 casing1928 1590 in G. Tolstoy 1st 40 Yrs. Intercourse Eng. & Russ. (1875) 364 We refferre the effect of all thos causes generall to your h[ighnes]s delyberat overvewing againe. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xii. 225 I would have you, as a politic prince.., refer the whole estate you are in to your highness' deliberate overviewing again. 2002 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 16 Apr. 29 The keys to making outsourcing work were getting the contract right in the first place, as well as ongoing management and overviewing of the arrangement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1598v.1549 |
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