all meaning

[ ɔ:l ] Pronunciation:   "all" in a sentence
Adjective: all  ol
  1. Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
    "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome" 
  2. Completely given to or absorbed by
    "became all attention"
Adverb: all  ol
  1. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
    "the directions were all wrong"
    - wholly, entirely, completely, totally, altogether, whole

Sounds like: awl

See also: complete, each, every, every last

Antonym: no, some

Encyclopedia: All


[Electronics]
Abbreviation of ATTOHENRY.

[Finance]
The ISO 4217 currency code for Albanian Lek.

[Medicine]
abbr acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Examples

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  1. i love her all the more because she is poor.
  2. he was of no use at all in the business.
  3. we can't be all that fussy out here.
  4. small extra costs all swell the total.
  5. all the facts were stored in his memory.

Related Words

        all but:    Adverb: all but  ol bút(of a ...
        all for:     (informal)  Strongly in fav ...
        all in:    Adjective: all inVery tired"was a ...
        all of:     (informal)1. As long or as far, etc ...
        all that:    (usu after a negative or a question) s ...
        all the:    [American slang]all the1 adj. phr., di ...
        all there:    adj.sane; mentally alert: He's not all ...
        all-in:    adj.1 [only before a noun] with all th ...
        all-to:    , alto or all to /ölˈtŭ/   a ...
        and all:    As well as the rest; [American slang]i ...
        and all that:    And all the rest of it, et cetera
        as all that:    To that extent
        at all:    Adverb: at allIn the slightest degree ...
        be-all:     noun (Shakespeare)  All tha ...
        for all:    Notwithstanding; [American slang]1. In ...

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