Meaning

4 senses
  1. Everything.

    Some gave all they had.

    She knows all and sees all.

  2. Everyone.

    A good time was had by all (of you/us/them).

    We all enjoyed the movie.

  3. The only thing(s).

    All that was left was a small pile of ash.

    We ate potatoes and ziti .... that's all.

  4. (India, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Southern US)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.)

Examples

38824 sentences
  1. Did you read it at all?

    Ти це взагалі читав? — deniko

    ruТы это вообще читал? — sharptoothed

    deHast du es überhaupt gelesen? — RandomUsername

  2. We all miss you very much.

    Ми всі дуже за тобою сумуємо. — deniko

    ruМы все очень по тебе скучаем. — odexed

    deWir vermissen dich alle sehr. — al_ex_an_der

  3. The holidays ended all too soon.

    Свята закінчилися аж занадто швидко. — deniko

    deDie Ferien waren allzu schnell vorbei. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I hope you are all well.

    Сподіваюся, у тебе все гаразд. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, у вас у всех всё хорошо. — marafon

    deIch hoffe, dass es euch allen gut geht. — MUIRIEL

  5. We all suspect him of murder.

    Ми всі підозрюємо його у вбивстві. — deniko

    ruМы все подозреваем его в убийстве. — marafon

    deWir alle verdächtigen ihn des Mordes. — Esperantostern

Origin

From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-

From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”).

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • all day
  • all the time
  • all night
  • all right
  • up all night
  • all afternoon
  • spent all
  • spent all day
  • be all right
  • all three of
  • home all day
  • all this stuff

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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