English-Spanish translations for on the whole

• en general
  En general, ha ido bastante bien. On the whole, it has gone quite well.
  En general, nuestra comisión ha hecho un buen trabajo. Our committee has, on the whole, done a good job.
  Por lo tanto, creo que las perspectivas, en general, no son malas. So I think the omens, on the whole, are not bad.

Definition of on the whole

• For the most part; apart from some insignificant details

Examples

• The language was wrong for the period, but, on the whole, I enjoyed the film.

Related words

• Someone who interferes with others
• the one who travels
• there are none so blind as those who will not see
• there are none so deaf as those who cannot hear
• there’s none so deaf as those who will not hear
• there's none so deaf as those who will not hear
• let him who is without sin cast the first stone
• he who is absent is always in the wrong