Definition of Overview

a general review or summation of something

Examples of Overview in a sentence

Because we needed to get the plan down quickly, our leader gave us a quick overview instead of a detailed plan. 🔊

Having just arrived on the scene, the commander asked for an overview of the situation so he could understand the gist of what was going on. 🔊

If you need to get a rough idea of something rather than a detailed understanding, you should ask for an overview of it. 🔊

Because the test was tomorrow, our teacher gave us an overview of everything that was going to be on it so we could have a rough understanding of what would be on it. 🔊

I gave an overview of our attack plan to my subordinates, refreshing their memory regarding the overall plan instead of the highly detailed one we had last night. 🔊

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