all
See also: Variations of "all"
all - English
Alternative forms
- al (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Determiner
all
- Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
- All contestants must register at the scorer’s table.
- All flesh is originally grass.
- All my friends like classical music.
- Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
- The store is open all day and all night.(= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.)
- I’ve been working on this all year.(= from the beginning of the year until now.)
- Only; alone; nothing but.
- He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
- (obsolete) Any.
Translations
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Pronoun
all
- Everything.
- Some gave all they had.
- She knows all and sees all.
- Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.
- Everyone.
- A good time was had by all.
- We all enjoyed the movie.
- The only thing(s).
- All that was left was a small pile of ash.
- We ate potatoes and ziti .... that's all.
- (chiefly Southern US, Midland US, Scotland, Northern Ireland, India) 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.)
Translations
Adverb
all (not comparable)
- Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
- She was sitting all alone. It suddenly went all quiet.
- 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.
- (obsolete, poetic) Even; just.
- A quotative particle, compare like.
- She was all, “Whatever.”
Synonyms
Translations
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Noun
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.
Translations
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Conjunction
all
- (obsolete) Although.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the adverb, determiner, pronoun or noun all
- abandon hope all ye who enter here
- a bit of all right
- above all
- after all
- after all is said and done
- against all odds
- all-a-mort
- all-American
- all-Americanness
- all-around
- all-as-one
- all-becrushing
- all-boys
- all-but
- all-caps
- all-cargo
- all-clear
- all-comers
- all-consuming
- all-court
- all-courter
- all-day
- all-day sucker
- all-dressed
- all-eating
- all-electric
- all-embracing
- all-encompassing
- all-expenses-paid
- all-figure number
- all-fire
- all-fired
- all-firedly
- all-fours
- all-girls
- all-good
- all-hail
- all-hands
- all-heal
- all-important
- all-in
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- all-in wrestling
- all-Ireland
- all-knowing
- all-natural
- all-new
- all-night
- all-night-man
- all-nighter
- all-nite
- all-one polynomial
- all-or-nothing
- all-out
- all-outer
- all-over
- all-overish
- all-overishness
- all-overness
- all-over painting
- all-party
- all-perfect
- all-pervading
- all-points
- all-points bulletin
- all-ports warning
- all-powerful
- all-present
- all-purpose
- all-purpose flour
- all-risks
- all-round
- all-round education
- all-rounder
- all-run four
- all-season tire
- all-seater
- all-seater stadium
- all-seeing
- all-seeing eye
- all-seeingness
- all-singing all-dancing
- all-star
- all-state
- all-terrain
- all-terrain vehicle
- all-through school
- all-ticket
- all-time
- all-too-familiar
- all-trans retinoic acid
- all-up
- all-up service
- all-up weight
- all-way stop
- all-weather
- all-weather tire
- all-weather tyre
- all-welded
- all-wheel
- all-wheel drive
- all-woman
- all-year-round
- all-you-can-eat
- all aboard
- all about
- all ages
- all along
- all and some
- all and sundry
- all around
- all as one
- all a taunto
- all at once
- all bark and no bite
- all bedlam breaks loose
- all bets are off
- All Blacks
- all but
- all but dissertation
- all but thesis
- all caps
- all cats are gray at night
- all cats are gray in the dark
- all cats are grey at night
- all cats are grey by night
- all cats are grey in the dark
- all change
- all clear
- all comers
- all correct
- all day
- all dogged-up
- all dogged up
- all dressed
- all dressed up and no place to go
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all dressed up with no place to go
- all dressed up with nowhere to go
- all duck or no dinner
- all ears
- all elbows
- all else being equal
- all else the same
- all ends up
- all expenses paid
- all eyes
- all eyes and ears
- all fall down
- all fart and no shit
- all fingers and thumbs
- all flags flying
- All Fools' Day
- all for
- all found
- all fours
- all fur coat and no knickers
- all good
- all good in the hood
- all good things come to an end
- all hail
- All Hallows
- All Hallows' Day
- all hands
- all hands on deck
- all hands to the pump
- all hat and no cattle
- all hat and no cowboy
- allheal
- all heart
- all hell breaks loose
- all holiday
- all hollow
- all hope abandon ye who enter here
- all in
- all in a day's work
- all in all
- all inclusive
- all in good time
- all is fair in love and war
- all is fish that comes to the net
- all is not lost
- all it's cracked up to be
- all kidding aside
- all kinds of
- all lives matter
- all manner of
- all mops and brooms
- all mouth and no trousers
- all mouth and trousers
- all my eye
- all my eye and Betty Martin
- allness
- all night
- all nighter
- all of
- all of a heap
- all of a sudden
- all of one's taste is in one's mouth
- all of the sudden
- all of y'all
- all on a sudden
- all one
- all one's eggs in one basket
- all one's life is worth
- all one's life's worth
- all one's taste is in one's mouth
- all one word
- all or nothing
- all out
- all over
- all over again
- all over but the crying
- all over but the shouting
- all over hell's half acre
- all over oneself
- all over someone like a rash
- all over the board
- all over the gaff
- all over the map
- all over the place
- all over the place like a mad woman's custard
- all over the shop
- all over with
- all o' y'all
- all politics are local
- all politics is local
- all publicity is good publicity
- all quiet on the Western Front
- all right
- all righto
- all rights reserved
- all righty
- all roads lead to Mecca
- all roads lead to Rome
- all roads lead to Sydney
- all rounder
- All Saints' Day
- allseed
- all serene
- all set
- all show and no go
- all singing, all dancing
- all Sir Garnet
- all sixes and nines
- all sixes and sevens
- all sizzle and no steak
- all skin and bones
- all smiles
- allsorts
- All Souls' Day
- allspice
- all square
- all standing
- all students take calculus
- all systems go
- all talk and no action
- all talk and no cider
- all that
- all that and a bag of chips
- all that and a bag of potato chips
- all that glisters is not gold
- all that glitters is not gold
- all that jazz
- all that one's life is worth
- all that one's life's worth
- all the best
- all the go
- all the less
- all the marbles
- all the more
- all the rage
- all there
- all the same
- all the sudden
- all the tea in China
- all the time
- all the way
- all the way to Egery and back
- all the while
- all the world
- all the world and his wife
- all the world's a stage
- all things being equal
- all things come to those who wait
- all things considered
- all things to all men
- all things to all people
- all thumbs
- all to
- all together
- all told
- all too
- all to one
- all to smash
- all to the better
- all up with
- all very well
- all wet
- all whithers
- all wool and a yard wide
- all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- all y'all
- all y'all's
- all y'all's asses
- all your base are belong to us
- all you want
- almost all
- an all
- and all
- and all that
- and all the rest of it
- and all this
- an insult to one is an insult to all
- any-and-all
- any and all
- a rising tide lifts all boats
- as all fuck
- as all get-out
- as all get out
- as all hell
- at all
- at all adventures
- at all costs
- at all events
- at all hands
- at all hours
- at all points
- at all times
- bare all
- bare it all
- be-all
- be-all and end-all
- be-all end-all
- be all about
- be all ears
- beat all
- boots and all
- bugger all
- by all accounts
- by all appearances
- by all means
- can do this all day
- cap it all
- cap it all off
- carry all before one
- catch-all
- catch-all party
- catchall
- check all the boxes
- come-all-ye
- come-all-you
- could go all day
- cover all of one's bases
- cover all of the bases
- coveralls
- cover all the bases
- crown it all
- cry all the way to the bank
- cure-all
- damn all
- dick all
- do-all
- don't put all your eggs in one basket
- don't spend it all in one place
- don't that beat all
- eat-all-you-can
- eff all
- end-all and be-all
- end-all be-all
- end it all
- Father of all Bombs
- fire on all cylinders
- first of all
- font of all wisdom
- for all
- for all intended purposes
- for all intense and purposes
- for all intense purposes
- for all intensive purposes
- for all intents and purposes
- for all intrinsic purposes
- for all of someone
- for all one is worth
- for all one knows
- for all practical purposes
- for all someone cares
- for all the world
- for all the world to see
- for good and all
- for once and for all
- for the love of all that is good
- for the love of all that is holy
- fount of all wisdom
- free-for-all
- fuck all
- given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow
- give one's all
- go all around the houses
- go all around the Wrekin
- go all out
- go all round the houses
- go all the way
- gosh all hemlock
- go the way of all flesh
- go the way of all the earth
- have-all
- have one's fingers all thumbs
- have one's name written all over
- heal-all
- hide-all
- hit on all cylinders
- hold-all
- hold all of the aces
- hold all of the cards
- hold all the aces
- hold all the cards
- I don't have all day
- if it's all the same
- if that doesn't beat all
- if that don't beat all
- ignore all rules
- I haven't got all day
- I'm here all week
- in all
- in all conscience
- in all fairness
- in all honesty
- in all its branches
- in all likelihood
- in all one's born days
- in all one's glory
- in all probability
- in all weather
- in all weathers
- in the name of all that is holy
- is all
- it'll be all right on the night
- it's all Chinese to me
- it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
- it's all good
- it's all Greek to me
- it's all relative
- it takes all kinds
- it takes all kinds to make a world
- it takes all sorts
- it takes all sorts to make a world
- jack-all
- jack-of-all-trades
- Jack-of-all-trades
- jack all
- Jack of all trades
- jack of all trades
- Jack of all Trades
- Jill-of-all-trades
- jill-of-all-trades
- Jill of all trades
- jill of all trades
- king of all one surveys
- know-all
- know-it-all
- lack-all
- laugh all the way to the bank
- least of all
- leave it all on the field
- leave it all out there
- let it all hang out
- life is not all beer and skittles
- lord of all one surveys
- lost with all hands
- love conquers all
- maid-of-all-work
- make all the difference
- man is the measure of all things
- master of all one surveys
- monarch of all one surveys
- money is the root of all evil
- most of all
- mother of all
- Mother of all Bombs
- Mother of all Budgets
- naff all
- not all heroes wear capes
- not all it's cracked up to be
- not all there
- not at all
- of all
- of all conscience
- of all loves
- of all people
- of all places
- of all things
- of all time
- on all-fours
- on all fours
- on all hands
- once and for all
- once for all
- one-size-fits-all
- one and all
- one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
- out of all proportion
- overalls
- peace that passes all understanding
- peace that passeth all understanding
- peace which passes all understanding
- peace which passeth all understanding
- piss all
- piss all over
- Provo all-star
- pull an all-nighter
- pull out all the stops
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- root of all evil
- save-all
- say it all
- shit all
- sod all
- some people have all the luck
- spend-all
- square root of fuck all
- still and all
- suck all the air out of
- suck all the oxygen out of
- suck up all the air in
- suck up all the oxygen in
- sweet fuck all
- tell-all
- tell all
- thank you all
- that's all
- that's all she wrote
- Theddlethorpe All Saints
- think all one's Christmases have come at once
- third time pays for all
- tick all the boxes
- till all hours
- time heals all wounds
- to all appearance
- to all appearances
- to all intents and purposes
- today we are all
- touch 'em all
- turtles all the way down
- Uncle Tom Cobley and all
- until all hours
- walk all over
- war to end all war
- war to end all wars
- warts-and-all
- warts and all
- way of all flesh
- we all make mistakes
- we haven't got all day
- when all is said and done
- who ate all the pies
- winner-take-all
- winner-takes-all
- winners take all
- winner take all
- winner takes all
- with all due respect
- with all of one's heart
- with all one's heart
- with all one's might
- with all the salt in the Dead Sea
- written all over it
- written all over someone's face
- you-all
- you all
- you're all right
Adjective
all
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
all - Albanian
Adjective
all m (feminine alle)
all - Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈalː/
Adjective
all
Derived terms
all - Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈaʎ/
Noun
all m (plural alls)
Derived terms
- all bord
- all d'os
- all de bruixa
- allassa
- allioli
- allipebre
all - Estonian
Postposition
all
Derived terms
all - German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /al/
Determiner
all
- all
- Alle Menschen sind gleich.
- All people are equal.
- Du musst doch nicht allen Unsinn nachmachen, den du hörst!
- You needn't reproduce all nonsense that you hear!
- every (in time intervals, with plural noun)
- Wir treffen uns alle zwei Wochen.
- We meet up every two weeks.
Usage notes
- The bare form all is used with articles and pronouns, which it precedes (as in English). For instance: all die Sachen (“all the things”); all dies[es] Gerede (“all this chitchat”); all[e] meine Freunde (“all my friends”) (more common with the e). Colloquial German often uses the adjective ganz instead: die ganzen Sachen; dies[es] ganze Gerede; meine ganzen Freunde.
- If all is followed by an adjective, the adjective is declined weakly: alle guten Sachen (“all good things”), alles Gute (“all the best”)
Declension
Declension of aller | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | aller | alle | alles | alle |
genitive | alles allen | aller | alles allen | aller |
dative | allem | aller | allem | allen |
accusative | allen | alle | alles | alle |
Derived terms
- allzu
- alle, alles (indefinite pronouns)
- alle (adverb)
- aller Enden
- allerhand
- allerorten
- allerorts
- allerseit
- allerseits
- allerwege
- allerwegen
- allerwegs
- allerweil
- Allmacht
- allseits
all - Gothic
Romanization
all
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌻
all - Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ɑl]
Pronoun
all
- (with uncountable or plural nouns) all
- (with countable singular nouns) every; each
- Et muss een net mat all Virschlag eens sinn.
- One needn’t agree to every proposition.
- Et muss een net mat all Virschlag eens sinn.
Usage notes
- The word is usually uninflected, except for the dative plural, which becomes allen.
Synonyms
- (every, each): jidder, jiddwer
Derived terms
all - Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /al/
Adverb
all
- all (entirely, completely)
Determiner
all
Derived terms
Descendants
all - Norwegian Bokmål
Determiner
all (neuter singular alt, plural alle)
Derived terms
all - Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- adl’u, add’e, all’e (dialectal)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /alː/, /adl/, /aʎː/
Adjective
all m or f (neuter alt, plural alle)
- all
- (in the plural) everybody
- over, at an end, finished
- Sumaren er all. ― The summer is at an end.
- tired, exhausted, worn out; weak
- Skorne er alle ― The shoes are worn out.
- dead
- Han er mest all. ― He’s almost dead.
Declension
Derived terms
all - Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɑll/, [ɑɫ]
Adjective
all (Anglian)
- Alternative form of eall
Declension
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | all | all | all |
Accusative | alne | alle | all |
Genitive | alles | alre | alles |
Dative | allum | alre | allum |
Instrumental | alle | alre | alle |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | alle | alla, alle | all |
Accusative | alle | alla, alle | all |
Genitive | alra | alra | alra |
Dative | allum | allum | allum |
Instrumental | allum | allum | allum |
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | alla | alle | alle |
Accusative | allan | allan | alle |
Genitive | allan | allan | allan |
Dative | allan | allan | allan |
Instrumental | allan | allan | allan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | allan | allan | allan |
Accusative | allan | allan | allan |
Genitive | alra, allena | alra, allena | alra, allena |
Dative | allum | allum | allum |
Instrumental | allum | allum | allum |
Adverb
all (Anglian)
- Alternative form of eall
all - Pennsylvania German
Adjective
all
Related terms
all - Swedish
Determiner
all (neuter allt, masculine alle, plural alla)
- all
- Drack du upp all mjölk?
- Did you drink all the milk?
Usage notes
All (with inflections) is used with mass nouns. The corresponding for nouns with ordinary plural is alla.
A masculine-looking form (alle) is virtually only retained in the fixed expressions alle man and allesamman (“everyone”).
all - Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA: /aɬ/
- (South Wales) IPA: /a(ː)ɬ/
Verb
all
- Soft mutation of gall.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gall | all | ngall | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
all - Yola
Adverb
all
- Alternative form of aul