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Definition of All

1. Adverb. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly'). "A whole new idea"

2. Adjective. Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class. "All parties are welcome"

3. Adjective. Completely given to or absorbed by. "Became all attention"

Definition of All

1. a. The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).

2. adv. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.

3. n. The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.

4. conj. Although; albeit.

Definition of All

1. Adverb. (context: degree) (non-gloss definition intensifier). ¹

2. Adverb. Apiece; each. ¹

3. Adverb. (context: degree) So much. ¹

4. Determiner. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable). ¹

5. Determiner. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer). ¹

6. Determiner. Everyone. ¹

7. Determiner. Everything. ¹

8. Noun. (context: with a possessive pronoun) Everything possible. ¹

9. Noun. The totality of one's possessions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of All

1. everything that one has [n -S]

Medical Definition of All

1. A rapidly progressing cancer of the blood affecting the type of white blood cell known as lymphocytes. Approximately 650 new cases are diagnosed every year in the UK and it is the most common form of childhood leukaemia. Acronym: ALL Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (11 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of All

alkylurea alkylureas alkynal alkynals alkynamide alkyne alkynes alkynoate alkynoates alkynoic acid

alkynol alkynyl alkynylated alkynylation alkynylations all's all's fair in love and war all's well that ends well all(a) all-

all-American all-Americans all-a-mort all-around all-around(a) all-as-one all-but all-caps all-clear

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