The word is used to mean several things, it can be an ethnicity as in I'm English because my Ancestors came from England. It is also a language and most people of an English Bloodline speak English, although people of many other ethnic backgrounds also speak English because of the rule of the English Empire.It could be a Nationality if you are born in England or hold English citizenship. People confuse the word British to mean English.eport Abuse. Yes English is an ethnicity, and a nationality. England is a nation. We were founded by Germanic peoples from Saxony and Angles. We are a Germanic nation with maybe a bit of Celtic. We have our own language and culture and history.
The overall meaning of the word overall is that it covers all the parts of something. For example, the individual parts don't matter as much as the overall value. The word overall is the sum of its parts. Take the word over, meaning above, and add it to the word all, meaning everything and you get overall, meaning above everything. But remember, it's an adjective as in the overall impression of the music, the overall effect of the new tax code, the overall direction (as opposed to individual little changes.)
sea. n. 1. The continuous body of salt water covering most of the earth's surface, especially this body regarded as a geophysical entity distinct from earth and sky.