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Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

all

Pronunciation:/ɔːl//ɔl//ɑl/

noun

Definitions

  1. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.

    Example: She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.

  2. The totality of one's possessions.

adjective

Definitions

  1. All gone; dead.

    Example: The butter is all.

adverb

Definitions

  1. (degree) Intensifier.

    Example: It suddenly went all quiet.

  2. Entirely; completely; totally.

  3. Apiece; each.

    Example: The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.

  4. (degree) so much.

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

pronoun

Definitions

  1. Everything.

    Example: She knows all and sees all.

  2. Everyone.

    Example: A good time was had by all.

  3. The only thing(s).

    Example: All that was left was a small pile of ash.

  4. 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 allow this to follow some words and not others.)

conjunction

Definitions

  1. Although.