all

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Every one of a group, with no exceptions.

   All contestants must register for the race.

2. 2
   pron

   Everything, or the whole amount.

   Some gave all they had.

3. 3
   pron

   Everyone.

   A good time was had by all.

4. 4
   det

   Throughout the whole of a period of time.

   The store is open all day and all night.

5. 5
   det

   Nothing but; only.

   He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.

From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognates Cognate with Scots a, a', aa, aal, aw (“all”), Yola aal, al, all, aul (“all”), North Frisian aal, aale, ale, ali, åle (“all”), Saterland Frisian al (“already”), aal (“all”), West Frisian alle (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), German and Luxembourgish all (“all”), Vilamovian oły, ołły (“all”), Yiddish אַלע (ale, “all”), Danish al (“all”), Faroese and Icelandic allur (“all”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish all (“all”),…

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