ALL
WordNet
adjective
(1) Completely given to or absorbed by
"Became all attention"
adverb
(2) To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
"He was wholly convinced"
"Entirely satisfied with the meal"
"It was completely different from what we expected"
"Was completely at fault"
"A totally new situation"
"The directions were all wrong"
"It was not altogether her fault"
"An altogether new approach"
"A whole new idea"
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- .
- They came from all over the city.
- Apiece; each.
- The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
- So much.
- Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
Determiner
- 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 at the scorer’s table.
- All flesh is grass.
- All my friends like classical music.
- 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. (= The store is open throughout the whole of the day and the whole of the night.)
- I’ve been working on this all year. (= I've been working from the beginning of the year until now.)
- Everyone.
- All gave some of what they had.
- Everything.
- Some gave all they had.
- Completely.
- You’ve got it all wrong.
Noun
- Everything possible.
- She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
- The totality of one's possessions.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, pp. 37-8:
- she therefore ordered Jenny to pack up her alls and begone, for that she was determined she should not sleep that night within her walls.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, pp. 37-8:
Related terms
- also
- although
- altogether
- always
See also
- everything
- none
- some
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