all
(noun, adjective, adverb, conjunction, determiner)
adjective
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
2. completely given to or absorbed by
- became all attention
Similar word(s): complete
adverb
1. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
- a totally new situation
- the directions were all wrong
Similar word(s): altogether, completely, entirely, right, totally, whole, wholly
Sentences with all as an adverb:
- You’ve got it all wrong.
- She was all, “Whatever.”
- The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
- Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
- The butter is all.
conjunction
1. (obsolete) although
determiner
1. 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.
2. 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.)
3. Everyone.
- A good time was had by all.
4. 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.
5. (obsolete) Any.
6. Only; alone; nothing but.
- He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
noun
1. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything possible.
- She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
2. (countable) The totality of one's possessions.