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all

/ɔːl/

noun

Meaning

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

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

  • The totality of one's possessions.

adjective

Meaning

  • All gone; dead.

    "The butter is all."

adverb

Meaning

  • (degree) Intensifier.

    "It suddenly went all quiet."

  • Entirely; completely; totally.

  • Apiece; each.

    "The score was 30 all when the rain delay started."

  • (degree) so much.

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

  • Even; just.

Synonyms

completely

pronoun

Meaning

  • Everything.

    "She knows all and sees all."

  • Everyone.

    "A good time was had by all."

  • The only thing(s).

    "All that was left was a small pile of ash."

  • 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.)

  • Clipping of y’all. Used only as a vocative.

conjunction

Meaning

  • Although.