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Symbol
  1. 1

    ISO 639-3 language code for Allar.

Determiner
  1. 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 for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all.
    • List all books of which you were the sole or co-author.
    • All flesh is originally grass.
  2. 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.
    • I’ve been working on this all year.
  3. 3

    Only; alone; nothing but.

    • He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
  4. 4

    Any.

Pronoun
  1. 1

    Everything.

    • Some gave all they had.
    • She knows all and sees all.
    • All of Jones’s maneuvers to trounce Kennedy.
  2. 2

    Everyone.

    • A good time was had by all (of you/us/them).
    • We all enjoyed the movie.
    • I've got three children, of whom all are studying medicine.
  3. 3

    The only thing(s).

    • All that was left was a small pile of ash.
    • We ate potatoes and ziti .... that's all.
  4. 4

    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.

Adverb
  1. 1

    Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.

    • She was sitting all alone. It suddenly went all quiet. I'm all done, Mommy! I did it all by myself.
  2. 2

    Apiece; each.

    • The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
  3. 3

    So much; used with "the" and a comparative.

    • Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
    • If he leave the company, I'll have to work all the harder.
  4. 4

    Even; just.

  5. 5

    A quotative particle, compare like.

    • She was all, “Whatever.”
Noun
  1. 1

    Everything that one is capable of.

    • She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
  2. 2

    The totality of one's possessions.

  3. 3

    Everything in general; all that matters.

    • I will die fighting for my people, because my people are all.
Conjunction
  1. 1

    Although.

Adjective
  1. 1

    All gone; dead.

    • The butter is all.

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