overarching

Arching over; that forms an arch overhead.

Adjective

  1. Arching over; that forms an arch overhead.
    • the overarching sky
  2. Dominating or covering something for the most part.
    • the overarching idea of a work
    • Firstly, there needs to be an overarching plan - in the sense that each part of the rail system must be considered together, precisely because it is an integrated network. - 2020 May 20, David Thrower, Ian Wray,...

    Synonyms: all-embracing all-encompassing

Forms

more overarching most overarching

Derived

overarchingly overarchingness

Noun

  1. A structure that arches over something.
    • But in this case the overarchings do not grow uniformly, but in such a manner that their rims form at least a fissure […] - 1875, Julius Sachs, Alfred William Bennett, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, Text-book of Botany:...

Forms

overarchings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of overarch