overarching
pronunciation
How to pronounce overarching in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvərˈɑ:tʃɪŋ]
How to pronounce overarching in American English:
US [ˌoʊvərˈɑrtʃɪŋ]
Word Origin
- overarching (adj.)
- 1720, from present participle of verb overarch (1660s), from over- + arch (v.).
Example
- 1. Companies like apple and google know how to build overarching technology platforms .
- 2. Among other things , the company is going to jettison over 60 separate privacy notices and replace them with a single , overarching master policy .
- 3. Meanwhile , practitioners of professional pornography face the same overarching issues concerning their livelihood .
- 4. Facebook 's open graph ( the collective name for the products announced at f8 ) seeks to change that by , in essence , serving as an overarching , personal layer on top of the web by incorporating your friends , interests and activities .
- 5. Finally , there is the overarching fact that this is a globally synchronised recession combined with a vicious financial bust .