All Definition

ôl
adjective
Being or representing the entire or total number, amount, or quantity.
All the windows are open. Deal all the cards.
American Heritage
The whole extent or quantity of.
All New England, all the gold.
Webster's New World
Constituting, being, or representing the total extent or the whole.
All Christendom.
American Heritage
The entire number of.
All the men went.
Webster's New World
Being the utmost possible of.
Argued the case in all seriousness.
American Heritage
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noun
The whole of one's fortune, resources, or energy; everything one has.
The brave defenders gave their all.
American Heritage
One's whole property, effort, etc.
Gave his all.
Webster's New World
A totality; whole.
Webster's New World
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pronoun
The entire or total number, amount, or quantity; totality.
All of us are sick. All that I have is yours.
American Heritage
Everyone.
All must die.
Webster's New World
Everyone; everything.
Justice for all.
American Heritage
Every one.
All of us are here; all of the pencils are sharpened.
Webster's New World
Everything; the whole thing, matter, situation, etc.
All is over between them.
Webster's New World
adverb
Wholly; completely.
A room painted all white.
American Heritage
Wholly; entirely; altogether; quite.
All worn out, riding all through the night.
Webster's New World
So much.
I am all the better for that experience.
American Heritage
Apiece.
A score of thirty all.
Webster's New World
Used as an intensive.
Then he got all mad and left.
American Heritage
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affix
Wholly, entirely, or exclusively.
All-American.
Webster's New World
For every.
All-purpose.
Webster's New World
Of everything or every part.
All-inclusive.
Webster's New World
Lasting throughout (a specified period)
All-night.
Webster's New World
Selected as the best of (a specified category)
All-league, all-conference, all-pro.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
American Heritage Medicine
Antilymphocyte serum.
American Heritage Medicine
suffix
Relating to the whole of something.
Catch-all.
End-all.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of All

Noun

Singular:
all
Plural:
alls

Origin of All

  • Middle English al from Old English eall al-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin adjective suffix -alis.

    From Wiktionary

All Sentence Examples

  • First of all, I wasn't the only one involved.

  • I think they are all having fun with Alex.

  • He was the best loved of all our poets.

  • Truthfully, Gerald wasn't all that good a dancer.

  • First of all, dear friend, tell me how you are.

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Words Starting With

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