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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  on the whole
       adv : with everything considered (and neglecting details);
             "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's
             not so bad" [syn: all in all, altogether, tout
             ensemble]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  on the whole
     alt.
     (lb en idiomatic) for the most part; apart from some insignificant
  details.
     prep.phr.
     (lb en idiomatic) for the most part; apart from some insignificant
  details.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  on the whole
     alt.
     (lb en idiomatic) for the most part; apart from some insignificant
  details.
     prep.phr.
     (lb en idiomatic) for the most part; apart from some insignificant
  details.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  on the whole
     alt.
     (lb en idiomatic) for the most part; apart from some insignificant
  details.
     prep.phr.
     (lb en idiomatic) for the most part; apart from some insignificant
  details.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  on the whole
     alt.
     (lb en idiomatic) for the most part; apart from some insignificant
  details.
     prep.phr.
     (lb en idiomatic) for the most part; apart from some insignificant
  details.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  on the whole
     Engelska adv.
     på det hela taget

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  on the whole /ɒnðə hˈəʊl/
  celkem

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  on the whole /ɒnðə hˈəʊl/
  
  γενικά

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  on the whole /ɒnðə hˈəʊl/
  kokonaisuutena
  for the most part

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  on the whole /ɒnðə hˈəʊl/
  1. általában
  2. alapjában véve
  3. mindent figyelembe véve
  4. mindent egybevéve
  5. egészében véve
  6. összességében
  7. egészében
  8. egészben véve
  9. nagyjából
  10. mindent összvéve
  11. mindent egybevetve

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  on the whole /ɒnðə hˈəʊl/
  概して
  for the most part

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  on the whole /wʌnðhoul/
  alles wel beschouwd, over het algemeen genomen, überhaupt

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  on the whole /wʌnðhoul/
  em suma, na sua generalidade, numa palavra

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  on the whole /ɒnðə hˈəʊl/
  på det hela taget, på det stora hela
  for the most part

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "on the whole":
     after all, all in all, all things considered, almost entirely,
     altogether, approximately, as a rule, as a whole,
     as an approximation, at large, before the bench, before the court,
     broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, ceteris paribus, chiefly,
     commonly, considering, effectually, essentially,
     everything being equal, generally, generally speaking, in court,
     in general, in round numbers, in the main, mainly, mostly,
     normally, on balance, on the average, ordinarily, overall,
     predominantly, prevailingly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely,
     speaking generally, sub judice, substantially, taking into account,
     therefore, this being so, usually, virtually, wherefore
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  总的来说,大体上

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     总而言之,总的说来,大体上

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