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You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.
Ben Okri

Meaning of "all told" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALL TOLD

all told play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALL TOLD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
All told is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ALL TOLD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of all told in the English dictionary

The definition of all told in the dictionary is taking every one into account; in all.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALL TOLD

all square
all that
all the
all the best
all the better for
all the better to
all the go
all the same
all the time
all the trimmings
all the world and his wife
all there
all thumbs
all too
all up with
all very well
All Whites
all year round

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALL TOLD

Arnold
bold
cold
fold
foretold
gold
Harold
hold
household
in the cold
mold
old
retold
six-year-old
sold
threshold
told
twice-told
unforetold
untold

Synonyms and antonyms of all told in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «all told» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALL TOLD

Find out the translation of all told to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of all told 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 told» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

都告诉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

todo dicho
570 millions of speakers

English

all told
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सभी से कहा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وقال كل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

все сказал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tudo dito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সকলে বলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en tout
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semua diberitahu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alles in allem
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

全部で
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모든 이야기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kabeh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tất cả đã nói
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனைத்து கூறினார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्व सांगितले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

herşey söylendi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tutto sommato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wszystko powiedział
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

все сказав
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

toate -a spus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όλοι είπαν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

almal vertel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alla sa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alle fortalt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of all told

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALL TOLD»

The term «all told» is regularly used and occupies the 64.815 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALL TOLD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «all told» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «all told» 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 told

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2 QUOTES WITH «ALL TOLD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word all told.
1
Bernardo Bertolucci
What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg all told me that 'The Conformist' is their first modern influence.
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Ben Okri
You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALL TOLD»

Discover the use of all told in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to all told and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, ...
With his life’s work, and in All Told, LeRoy Neiman captured sports heroes, movie stars, presidents, dishwashers, jet-setters, jockeys, and more than a few Bunnies at the Playboy Mansion—a panoramic record of society like no other.
LeRoy Neiman, 2013
2
They All Told the Truth: The Antigravity Papers
A vastly improved physics model authenticates the testimony of people who claimed deep involvement with anti-gravity projects. Includes instructions on how to build your own device.
Richard P. Crandall, 2003
3
All told
"Her gift is to paint with vivid words and to cloak her wit with images in such a way that they liner in the mind long after the reading"--Midwest Book Review.
Hettie Jones, 2003
4
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Official No. 2,054— Register tons, 222. Number of crew, including the master, eight, all told ; the master and mate aft ; six of crew, forecastle in hammocks, clear space, cubic feet, 864. Light and ventilation from companion scuttle, 2 ft. 9 in. by 2  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1867
5
The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of ...
Complaint You swore to me by YHW the God in Elephantine the fortress,8 you and your wife 5and your son,9 all (told) 3,'° about the land" of mine on account of which12 I complained13 against you before 6Damidata14 and his colleagues15  ...
Bezalel Porten, 1996
6
Growing Up and Living in Hell
They all told her that no one had seen him. They also told Mom that if she found him, tell him to come by for a game. Well, Mom left the poolroom and went to talk to Dad's brother while he was at work that day. By the time Mom got there, Dad's  ...
Robert Messer
7
Garner's Modern American Usage
See all (a). all together. See altogether. all told. One archaic meaning of tell is “to count.” Hence the idiom is all told <all told, there were 14 casualties>, which dates from the mid-19th century. Some people write ✳all tolled, perhaps because toll ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
8
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
... house and paid him the land rent what I owed him for the place I'd rented for my boys. It was a pretty cold day and he told me to come on in the house to the fire. I walked in, set down, and he talked: he laid his troubles to me and all. Told me ...
Nate Shaw, Theodore Rosengarten, 2000
9
The Best of the Spirit of Medjugorje: Volume II
They all told me that they would pray for me after giving me hugs. I cried more because these kids were so caring to someone they did not even know! Then they had asked me what was wrong. I asked them to pray for Natalie. I explained that ...
June Klins, 2007
10
Financial Independence Through Buying and Investing in ...
My friends, my relatives, and the people I worked with all told me I was crazy. They all told me that making money just wasn't that easy. Even the realtors who sold me most of the properties that eventually brought about the realization of my  ...
Grzesiek, David J.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALL TOLD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term all told is used in the context of the following news items.
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Four Royals named as starters in 2015 MLB All-Star Game
All told, a minimum of 12 Royals will be in uniform for this year's mid-summer's classic. All-Star reserves will be named on Monday, July 6th. «fox4kc.com, Jul 15»
2
Lifetime Launches Movie Service
All told, 17 million videos were created, 159 countries participated, and 70 billion video views were counted, ALS said. —Suzanne Vranica ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Russian Progress Supply Freighter Docks at Space Station, Ending …
All told, an unprecedented trio of launch failures with three different American and Russian rockets took place over the past eight months. «Universe Today, Jul 15»
4
A month of fasting — and feasting — for Muslims in Washington
Then he may get a couple more hours of sleep; all told, he gets four to five hours a night, then spends the day in the office until the cycle begins ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Big Brother: Yep, Harry's up for eviction once again!
... crews film the action and when the chaos calmed down they were all told to pack their suitcases and are now waiting to hear their fate! «LoughboroughEcho.net, Jul 15»
6
Goaltender Braden Holtby joins Marcus Johansson in player-elected …
All told, according to an NHLPA release, 23 players elected to file before Sunday's deadline. Alex Prewitt covers the Washington Capitals. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
Moody's: Aerospace industry to be among few strong performers in …
All told, there are 44 ships in the alliances created since March looking to build a customer base in Charleston and elsewhere along the East ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
8
2015 Ladies European Masters: Beth Allen Wins 1st LET Title
All told, it was quite a day of golf at the Buckinghamshire! More From Ladies European Tour. 7/4 - Caroline Masson and Leona Maguire Move ... «Pro Golf Now, Jul 15»
9
Awesome Retro-Futuristic NES Will Set You Back a Cool $500
So all told, it'll cost you more than $800 to get a system with four original NES controllers, the HDMI options, and a sweet paint job—around the ... «Wired, Jul 15»
10
Consulting deals with medical companies can earn doctors six …
All told, Minnesota companies paid out more than $211 million to doctors and hospitals in payments not related to research last year, according ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»

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