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Meaning of "all" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALL

Old English eall; related to Old High German al, Old Norse allr, Gothic alls all.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALL

all  [ɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
All can act as a noun, an adverb and a determiner.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The determinant is a modifier that provides context to the noun, often in terms of quantity and possession.

WHAT DOES ALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

All

All or ALL may refer to: ▪ all, an indefinite pronoun in English ▪ all, one of the English determiners ▪ ALL, the class of all decision problems in computability and complexity theory ▪ All, abbreviation for allyl ▪ All, a concept of universal quantification in predicate logic ▪ All, a laundry detergent manufactured by Sun Products ▪ All, pseudonym of Jim Berger ▪ The All, a Hermetic conception of God ▪ Allative case ▪ ALL, ISO 4217 currency code for the Albanian lek...

Definition of all in the English dictionary

The first definition of all in the dictionary is the whole quantity or amount of; totality of; every one of a class. Other definition of all is the greatest possible. All is also any whatever.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALL

alkyne
all aboard!
all along
all along the line
all and sundry
all at once
All Blacks
all but
all clear
all ears
all ends up
all eyes
All Fools´ Day
all found
all fours
all get-out
all hail
All Hallows
all his geese are swans
all in

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALL

all very well
and all
as well
at all
ball
baseball
basketball
bell
bill
bull
call
cell
dell
doll
fall
fill
football
for all
full
to the full

Synonyms and antonyms of all in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ALL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «all» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of all

Translation of «all» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALL

Find out the translation of all to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of all from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «all» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

所有的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

todo
570 millions of speakers

English

all
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सभी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَمِيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

весь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

todo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tout
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

semua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

できるかぎりの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모든
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kabeh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

toàn bộ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனைத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

herşey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tutto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wszelki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

все
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

al
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

all
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

all
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of all

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALL»

The term «all» is very widely used and occupies the 55 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of all
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «all».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «all» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «all» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about all

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10 QUOTES WITH «ALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word all.
1
Monica Ali
I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which is the real job - and then there's always a period when the book comes out and you have to lift your head and venture out.
2
Vidya Balan
All over the world, people are looking at India and saying 'wow', and that's because we have begun to say 'wow' ourselves.
3
Brad Bird
That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm interested in is all the personal stuff. I tried to base the powers on family archetypes.
4
Marsha Blackburn
We must be certain that we all realize that our enemy is not an enemy that is located in one single place. There are terrorist cells all around the globe.
5
Pam Brown
The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.
6
William Jennings Bryan
All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
7
Herb Caen
Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.
8
Susan Cain
All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its negative side and extroversion mostly through its positive side.
9
Johnny Cash
I was wearing black clothes almost from the beginning. I feel comfortable in black. I felt like black looked good onstage, that it was attractive, so I started wearing it all the time.
10
Rene Daumal
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALL»

Discover the use of all in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to all and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
All that is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity
This book develops the idea that Modernity's defining characteristic is that of continual reassertion of ambivalence.
Marshall Berman, 1983
2
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2010
3
Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
This volume presents Nietzsche's remarkable collection of almost 1400 aphorisms in R. J. Hollingdale's distinguished translation, together with a new historical introduction by Richard Schacht.
Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale, 1996
4
Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich ...
In their lively and provocative Winner-Take-All Politics, renowned political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson demonstrate convincingly that the usual suspects—foreign trade and financial globalization, technological changes in ...
Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson, 2010
5
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
A journalist explores the homogenization of American culture and the impact of the fast food industry on modern-day health, economy, politics, popular culture, entertainment, and food production.
Eric Schlosser, 2001
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All the President's Men
This is the book that changed America.
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, 2007
7
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle ...
"A very gripping read . . . a cautionary tale for our current leaders." —The New York Times As zealots in Washington intensify their preparations for an American attack on Iran, the story of the CIA's 1953 coup—with its many cautionary ...
Stephen Kinzer, 2008
8
All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find ...
This book will change the way we understand our culture, our history, our sacred practices, and ourselves. It offers a new—and very old—way to celebrate and be grateful for our existence in the modern world.
Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance Kelly, 2011
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All Life is Problem Solving
Consisting of 13 occasional pieces (lectures, seminar contributions, radio broadcasts and magazine articles) spanning the years from 1958 until 1993, this volume presents an insight into the diversity of Karl Popper's key interests ...
Karl Raimund Popper, 1999
10
Palmistry for All
With the information in this book, he claims that people can know one another's true character and intention-knowledge greatly desired by many American businessmen, in particular, of his day.
Cheiro, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term all is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bryce Harper named a National League starter for MLB All-Star Game
At each stage of his career, Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper smashed down barriers and set new records. He was an all-star by ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
2015 MLB All Star Roster: Breaking Down the AL and NL Starters
On Sunday night, Major League Baseball revealed which players the fans voted in as the starters for the 2015 MLB All-Star Game, to be played ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
3
All Blacks set to arrive in style
The All Blacks are on their way to Samoa and will be arriving in Apia in style - Samoan style. The team has paid tribute to the locals by wearing ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
4
MLB All-Star Voting 2015: Leaders, Standings and Final Results
Kansas City didn't get the all-Royal American League lineup it wanted, but the team nonetheless will have an MLB-high four starters at the ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
5
Four Royals named All-Star starters, Jason Kipnis snubbed, and more
Time Inc. Network. Sports Illustrated · Fansided · Time · Entertainment Weekly · FORTUNE · Money · People. MORE. All You · Coastal Living. «SI.com, Jul 15»
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Listen To All Five US Goals As Called By Telemundo's Andrés Cantor
Cantor, on Telemundo. Since you were probably watching on Fox, we've compiled all five U.S. goals as aired on the new home of FIFA soccer ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
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NL manager 'trying' to get 2 Mets' guns to All-Star Game
Closer Jeurys Familia (left) and starter Jacob deGrom are strong candidates to make the NL All-Star team. Photo: Ray Stubblebine; Getty ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
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Jose Altuve passes Omar Infante on final tally to earn All-Star nod
Altuve edged past Omar Infante of the Royals, whose fan base made a gigantic push to get all of its players into a starting role at the 86th ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
9
Yankees, Mets make unfortunate history in All-Star starters vote
It has been more than two decades since there was an All-Star Game without either a Yankee or a Met in the starting lineup — a streak that will ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
10
Cabrera voted 1B starter for All-Stars, but won't play
Miguel Cabrera was voted the starting first baseman for the American League squad, although he won't play in the All-Star Game. Cabrera was ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»

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