all

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UK /ɔːl/ US /ɔl/

adv 5noun 5det 4pron 4conj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

alone, dark, done, live, lymphoblastic, most, outside, over

She felt all alone in the empty house after everyone left.

VERB + ALL

back, bike, gave, happened, knows, list, see, sees

I gave all my old clothes to charity last month because I needed space.

ALL + NOUN

apartment, contestants, day, employees, i'm, jones, king's, leukemia

All day long, the employees worked hard to finish the project before Friday.

PREP.

except, in, on, on, with

Everyone came to the party except all the people from work.

ADV.

commonly, nearly, originally, suddenly, suddenly

Nearly all the students passed the exam on their first attempt.

Definitions

det

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

All contestants must register for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all.

List all books of which you were the sole or co-author.

Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).

The store is open all day and all night.

I’ve been working on this all year.

Only; alone; nothing but.

He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

Any.

without all remedy

pron

Everything.

Some gave all they had.

She knows all and sees all.

Everyone.

A good time was had by all (of you/us/them).

We all enjoyed the movie.

The only thing(s).

All that was left was a small pile of ash.

We ate potatoes and ziti .... that's all.

Used after who, what, where, how and similar words, either without changing their meaning, or indicating that one expects that they cover more than one element, e.g. that "Who all attended?" is more than one person. (Some dialects only allo

Q. Now, then, when you started to go to stake the claims, who all went along?

"I mean, you could have called us—collect, o'course—jes' to let us know how-all it's a-goin'."

adv

Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.

She was sitting all alone. It suddenly went all quiet. I'm all done, Mommy! I did it all by myself.

'Tis mystery all: th'Immortal dies

Apiece; each.

The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.

So much; used with "the" and a comparative.

Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.

If he leave the company, I'll have to work all the harder.

Even; just.

All as his straying flock he fed.

A damsel lay deploring / All on a rock reclined.

A quotative particle, compare like.

She was all, “Whatever.”

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

all thumbs

Clumsy; awkward; not dextrous.

I am all thumbs when it comes to shuffling cards.

all over the board

All over the map.

The numbers I got for that were all over the board.

all out

With maximum effort.

on all fours

On one's hands and knees.

A bulky form was seen rising aft, and began marching on all fours with the movements of some big cautious beast.

once and for all

Conclusively, finally, permanently.

They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.

Example Bank

All contestants must register for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all.

Wiktionary

List all books of which you were the sole or co-author.

Wiktionary

All flesh is originally grass.

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Some gave all they had.

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She knows all and sees all.

Wiktionary

All of Jones’s maneuvers to trounce Kennedy.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, all is marked as obsolete, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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