all
adverb · noun
Simple meaning
Everything in general.
Pronunciation
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awlIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɔl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adverb
intensifiersometimes childish
Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
Apiece; each.
A quotative particle, compare like.
noun
Everything in general; all that matters.
with a possessive pronoun
Everything that one is capable of.
countable
The totality of one's possessions.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
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This meaning: (intensifier, sometimes childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
Used this way, all is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- whole , more casual, better suited to speech than writing
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
In entirety; entirely; wholly.
Completely, wholly, or without exception.
In a complete manner.
To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly').
Entirely, completely, in a specified state.
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Synonyms
Sense: wholly
Antonyms
Sense: wholly
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