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all

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What does all mean?

determiner

  1. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
  2. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
  3. Only; alone; nothing but.
More meanings (18)

pronoun

  1. Everything.
  2. Everyone.
  3. The only thing(s).
  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.)

adverb

  1. Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
  2. Apiece; each.
  3. So much; used with "the" and a comparative.
  4. A quotative particle, compare like.
  5. (obsolete) Even; just.

noun

  1. Everything that one is capable of.
  2. The totality of one's possessions.
  3. Everything in general; all that matters.
  4. Initialism of anterolateral ligament.
  5. Initialism of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

adjective

  1. All gone; dead.

determiner

  1. (obsolete) Any.

conjunction

  1. (obsolete) Although.

proper noun

  1. (historical) Acronym of Alliance for Local Living.
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IPA pronunciation

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Other dictionary pronunciations

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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

She felt very curious to know what it was all about, and crept a little way out of the wood to listen.
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandProject Gutenberg ebook #11
On the other hand, if they are not in time, I solemnly promise that it will all come right in the end.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
More book examples (3)
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
I told him all the circumstances as well as I could, and it seemed, as I spoke, at times to affect him.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.
Willa CatherO Pioneers!Project Gutenberg ebook #24