"as a whole" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-as a whole.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) Considered all together. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: on the whole Translations (considered all together): entute (Esperanto), kokonaisuutena (Finnish), tout compte fait (French), somme toute (French), en fin de compte (French), nell'insieme (Italian), tutto sommato (Italian), in fin dei conti (Italian), alla fine della fiera (Italian), w ogólnym rozrachunku (Polish), como um todo (Portuguese), в це́лом (v célom) (Russian), en conjunto (Spanish), в ціло́му (v cilómu) (Ukrainian)
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          "sense": "considered all together",
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          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "kokonaisuutena"
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          "sense": "considered all together",
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          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "somme toute"
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          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "en fin de compte"
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          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "nell'insieme"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "tutto sommato"
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          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "in fin dei conti"
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          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "alla fine della fiera"
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          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "w ogólnym rozrachunku"
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          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "como um todo"
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          "roman": "v célom",
          "sense": "considered all together",
          "word": "в це́лом"
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          "sense": "considered all together",
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          "roman": "v cilómu",
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      "sense": "considered all together",
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      "word": "в ціло́му"
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