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all

/ɔːl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
  2. The totality of one's possessions.
  3. All gone; dead.
  4. (degree) Intensifier.
  5. Entirely; completely; totally.
  6. Apiece; each.
  7. (degree) so much.
  8. Even; just.
  9. Everything.
  10. Everyone.
  11. The only thing(s).
  12. 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.)
  13. Clipping of y’all. Used only as a vocative.
  14. Although.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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