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The word of the day is overarching’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Encompassing
2. Comprehensive
3. All-embracing
4. Underlying
1. Hindi – Vyaapak
2. Spanish – General
3. French – Primordial
4. Mandarin – Zǒngtǐ
1. Ahead, overarching the road, appeared a grey mass that all but choked the gorge.
2. He had plunged down the path beneath the overarching clematis.
3. The deep blue of the overarching skies was embroidered, as it were, with fleecy clouds.
4. From, its roof I saw two rainbows, overarching that lovely country.
5. Out of the emerald twilight, we floated from beneath the overarching thickets.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
overall, throughout, underlying, including, ambient, encircling, enveloping, overshadowing, surrounding, general, prevailing, all-encompassing, all-embracing, etc.
insignificant, limited, small, narrow, negligible, worthless, trivial, incomplete, unimportant, restricted, short
Quotation:
We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say we have faith in ourselves, we cannot really separate the small self from the large self.
Julia Cameron
Social Example:
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