all
all
(ɔːl )1. predeterminer
You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.
...the restaurant that Hugh and all his friends go to.
He lost all his money at a blackjack table in Las Vegas.
There is built-in storage space in all bedrooms.
85 percent of all American households owe money on mortgages.
Germany, like all great nations, will not change its personality.
He was passionate about all literature.
All is also a quantifier.
He was told to pack up all of his letters and personal belongings.
He was talking to all of us.
All is also a pronoun.
We produce our own hair-care products, all based on herbal recipes.
I'd spent all I had, every last penny.
All is also an emphasizing pronoun.
Milk, oily fish and egg all contain vitamin D.
We all admire professionalism and dedication.
2. determiner
You use all to refer to the whole of a particular period of time.
George had to cut grass all afternoon.
She's been feeling bad all week.
All is also a predeterminer.
She's worked all her life.
He was looking at me all the time.
All is also a quantifier.
He spent all of that afternoon polishing the silver.
Two-thirds of the women interviewed think about food a lot or all of the time.
3. pronoun
4. adverb
You use all to emphasize that something is completely true, or happens everywhere or always, or on every occasion.
[emphasis]He loves animals and he knows all about them.
Parts for the aircraft will be made all round the world.
I got scared and I ran and left her all alone.
He was doing it all by himself.
All around he could hear people calling out his name.
5. pronoun
6. determiner
You use all in expressions such as in all sincerity and in all probability to emphasize that you are being sincere or that something is very likely.
[emphasis]In all fairness he had to admit that she was neither dishonest nor lazy.
If the pool was open, we'd in all probability still be swimming in it.
In all seriousness, there is nothing else I can do.
7. adverb [v-link ADV adj-graded]
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10. pronoun
You use all in expressions such as seen it all and done it all to emphasize that someone has had a lot of experience of something.
[emphasis]...women who have it all: career, husband and children.
Here's a man who has seen it all, tasted and heard it all.
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