What is the meaning of all?

adjective

  • Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class.
    • usage: "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome"
  • Completely given to or absorbed by.
    • usage: "became all attention"

adverb

  • To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'. )
    • usage: "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
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APAWordNet. (2010). all. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/all/definitions/1167671
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "all" http://smartdefine.org/all/definitions/1167671 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, all, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/all/definitions/1167671>.
MLAWordNet. "all" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/all/definitions/1167671>
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