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Definition of all
(Entry 1 of 4)
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
adverbDefinition of all (Entry 2 of 4)
b : selected as the best (as at a sport) within an area or organization —used in combinationall-league halfback
4 : so much all the better for it
5 : for each side : apiece the score is two all
Definition of all (Entry 3 of 4)
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 and all
: on the whole : generally all in all, things might have been worse
: and everything else especially of a kind suggested by a previous context cards to fill out with … numbers and all— Sally Quinn
all
nounDefinition of all (Entry 4 of 4)
: the whole of one's possessions, resources, or energy gave his all for the cause
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