all

adjective

\ ˈȯl

Definition of all

(Entry 1 of 5)

1a : the whole amount, quantity, or extent of needed all the courage they had sat up all night

b : as much as possible spoke in all seriousness

2 : every member or individual component of all men will go all five children were present

3 : the whole number or sum of all the angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles

4 : every all manner of hardship

5 : any whatever beyond all doubt

6 : nothing but : only all work and no play :

a : completely taken up with, given to, or absorbed by became all attention

b : having or seeming to have (some physical feature) in conspicuous excess or prominence all legs

c : paying full attention with all ears

7 dialect : used up : entirely consumed —used especially of food and drink

8 : being more than one person or thing I don't know who all is coming.

all the

: as much of … as : as much of a … as all the home I ever had

all

adverb

Definition of all (Entry 2 of 5)

1a : wholly, quite sat all alone —often used as an intensive all out of proportionall over the yardit wasn't all that funny

b : selected as the best (as at a sport) within an area or organization —used in combination all-league halfback

2 obsolete : only, exclusively

3 archaic : just

4 : so much all the better for it

5 : for each side : apiece the score is two all

all

pronoun, singular or plural in construction

Definition of all (Entry 3 of 5)

1a : the whole number, quantity, or amount : totality all that I have all of us all of the books

b —used in such phrases as for all I know, for all I care, and for all the good it does to indicate a lack of knowledge, interest, or effectiveness

2 : everybody, everything gave equal attention to all that is all

all in all

: on the whole : generally all in all, things might have been worse

and all

: and everything else especially of a kind suggested by a previous context cards to fill out with … numbers and all— Sally Quinn

all

noun

Definition of all (Entry 4 of 5)

: the whole of one's possessions, resources, or energy gave his all for the cause

all-

combining form

variants: or allo-

Definition of all- (Entry 5 of 5)

1 : other : different : atypical allogamous allotropy

2 allo- : isomeric form or variety of (a specified chemical compound) allopurinol

3 allo- : being one of a group whose members together constitute a structural unit especially of a language allophone

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