Overview

Noun

 * 1) A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.

Verb

 * 1) To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary.
 * 2) *1976, Elizabeth A. Freidheim, Sociological Theory in Research Practice, ISBN 0870730150, page 313:
 * 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.

Thesaurus
abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, brief, capsule, compend, condensation, condensed version, conspectus, contemplation, digest, draft, epitome, examination, eyeball inspection, head, inspection, ocular inspection, outline, pandect, precis, review, rubric, scrutiny, shortened version, skeleton, sketch, survey, syllabus, synopsis, the eye, thumbnail sketch, topical outline, vetting, visual examination

Etymology
over + view

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, yleiskuva
 * French: vue d'ensemble, ,
 * German:, Überblick


 * Greek: επισκόπηση
 * Persian: نمای کلی
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: genel bakış, kısaca gözden geçirme
 * Turkish: genel bakış, kısaca gözden geçirme