"all things considered" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-all things considered.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} all things considered (not comparable)
  1. Generally speaking; in terms of the big picture. Tags: idiomatic, modal, not-comparable Synonyms: all in all, by and large, for the most part, in the main, on balance, on the whole, mostly, generally Translations (generally speaking, all in all): al capdavall (Catalan), 總而言之 (Chinese Mandarin), 总而言之 (zǒng'éryánzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), kaiken kaikkiaan (Finnish), olosuhteisiin nähden (Finnish), yleisesti ottaen (Finnish), tout bien considéré (French), tout bien réfléchi (French), alles in allem (German), mindent egybevetve (Hungarian), összességében (Hungarian), végső soron (Hungarian), végeredményben (Hungarian), mindent figyelembe véve (Hungarian), mindent összevetve (Hungarian), tutto sommato (Italian), biorąc wszystko pod uwagę (Polish), ogólnie rzecz biorąc (Polish), no final das contas (Portuguese), учи́тывая все обстоя́тельства (učítyvaja vse obstojátelʹstva) (Russian), учи́тывая всё (učítyvaja vsjo) (Russian), приня́в всё во внима́ние (prinjáv vsjo vo vnimánije) (Russian), considerando todo (Spanish), i det stora hela (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-all_things_considered-en-adv-oP-j2Yqz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 34 25 Disambiguation of 'generally speaking, all in all': 74 14 12
  2. Despite possible indications to the contrary. Tags: idiomatic, modal, not-comparable Synonyms: actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, overall, actually
    Sense id: en-all_things_considered-en-adv-xWCcnKGN
  3. Given the constraints of the situation; relative to what would have been understandable. Tags: idiomatic, modal, not-comparable Synonyms: nevertheless, otherwise, considering
    Sense id: en-all_things_considered-en-adv-dkb4HUJG

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