all

[[t]ɔl[/t]]

adj.

1) the whole or full amount of:

all the cake; all year[/ex]

2) the whole number of:

all students; all kinds[/ex]

3) the greatest possible:

with all speed[/ex]

4) any; any whatever:

beyond all doubt[/ex]

5) entirely; purely:

The coat is all wool[/ex]

6) dominated by a particular feature:

The colt was all legs[/ex]

7) dial. Pennsylvania German Area. consumed; finished:

The pie is all[/ex]

8) fun the whole quantity or amount:

Did you eat all of the peanuts?[/ex]

9) fun the whole number; every one:

all of us[/ex]

10) fun everything:

Is that all you've got to say?[/ex]

11) one's whole interest, energy, or property:

Give it your all[/ex]

12) the entire area, place, environment, or the like:

all is calm[/ex]

13) wholly; entirely:

all alone; all for a better government[/ex]

14) each; apiece:

The score was one all[/ex]

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- all but all in all in all all out all the better all there and all at all for all (that) in all as all get-out

Etymology: bef. 900; ME al, pl. alle; OE eal(l), c. OFris al, OOHG al(l), ON allr, Go alls usage: Expressions like all the farther and all the higher occur chiefly in informal speech: This is all the farther the bus goes. That's all the higher she can jump. Elsewhere as far as and as high as are generally used: as far as the bus goes; as high as she can jump. The construction all of (all of the students; all of the contracts) is entirely standard. Some people object to it, however, and omit the of. See also already alright altogether