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   predeterminer

   • 1. used to refer to the whole quantity or extent of a particular group or thing: "all the people I met" Similar each ofeach one of theevery one of theevery single one of theeveryeach and everyevery singlethe whole of theevery bit of thethe completethe entirethe totality of thein its entiretycompleteentiretotalfullutterperfectall-outgreatest (possible)maximumeveryoneeverybodyeach/every personthe (whole) loteach oneeach thingthe sumthe totalthe whole loteverythingevery partthe whole amountthe total amountthe (whole) lotthe entiretythe sum totalthe aggregateOpposite nonone of thenolittlenonenobodynonenonenothing
   • ▪ any whatever: "he denied all knowledge"
   • ▪ used to emphasize the greatest possible amount of a quality: "they were in all probability completely unaware"
   • ▪ dominated by a particular feature or characteristic: "an eleven-year-old string bean, all elbows and knees"
   • ▪ the only thing (used for emphasis): "all I want is to be left alone"
   • ▪ (used to refer to surroundings or a situation in general) everything: "all was well" Similar each oneeach thingthe sumthe totalthe whole lotOpposite none
   • ▪ consumed; finished; gone: "the cake is all"

   adverb

   • 1. used for emphasis.
   • ▪ completely: "dressed all in black"
   • ▪ consisting entirely of: "all leather varsity jacket"
   • 2. (in games) used after a number to indicate an equal score: "after extra time it was still two all"

   noun

   • 1. the whole of one's energy or interest: "giving their all for what they believed"

   Word Origin Old Englishall, eall, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch al and German all.

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   What does all mean in English?

   • In some cases, all-, with the hyphen, is used to mean “whole” or “total,” as in all-American or all-out. This use of all- simply the combining form of the English adjective all and is therefore unrelated to the Greek-origin form all-.

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   What does all 1 mean?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English all1 /ɔːl $ ɒːl/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, predeterminer, pronoun 1 the whole of an amount, thing, or type of thing Have you done all your homework? all your life/all day/all year etc (=during the whole of your life, a day, a year etc) He had worked all his life in the mine.

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   Where does the word 'all' come from?

   • All- comes from Greek állos, meaning “other.” This word’s distant cousins in Latin, alius and alter, which have similar definitions, give us words such as alien and alternative. The opposite of all- is the form aut-, from Greek autós, “self.”

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   What does all mean in chemistry?

   • This form crops up occasionally in medical and scientific terms. In chemistry, all- denotes the more stable of two geometric isomers. Isomers are molecules that contain the same numbers of the same kinds of atoms but in which the atoms have different structural arrangements.

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   All definition: the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration). See examples of ALL used in a sentence.

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   Definition of all – Learner’s Dictionary. all. pronoun, determiner. uk / ɔːl / us. all pronoun, determiner (EVERY ONE) Add to word list. A1. every person or thing in a group: We were all dancing. I've watched all of the programmes in the series. Fewer examples. Who's drunk all the beer? The story appeared in all the major newspapers.

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   5 days ago · all ( countable and uncountable, plural alls) (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of. She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line. ( countable) The totality of one's possessions.

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   The meaning of DEFINE is to determine or identify the essential qualities or meaning of. How to use define in a sentence.

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