# all

Pronunciation: say "AWL" US /ɔl/, UK /ɔːl/

## Determiner

1. Every one of a group, or the whole of an amount or period, without exception.
   - Simple: Every person or thing in a group, or the whole amount or time.
   - _All passengers must show a ticket._
   - _She spent all her money on books._
7. Only, nothing but; made up entirely of one thing, usually implying that something else is missing, as in all talk.
   - Simple: Nothing but, as in 'he's all talk'.
   - _The film was all noise and no story._
   - _She is all smiles today._

## Pronoun

2. Everyone or everything; the whole number or amount, often followed by of or a relative clause.
   - Simple: Every person or every thing, or the whole group or the whole amount.
   - _All are welcome at the meeting._
   - _They all went home early._
4. The only thing or things; everything and nothing more.
   - Simple: The only thing or things, and nothing more.
   - _All I want is a quiet weekend._
   - _Is that all you have to say?_
10. Used after who, what, where or how to widen a question to more than one thing. *(dialectal, India, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Southern US)*
   - Simple: Added after 'who', 'what' or 'where' in some dialects, as in 'who all came?'.
   - _Where all have you lived?_
   - _Tell me who all you met at the party._

## Adverb

3. Wholly or entirely, used as an intensifier.
   - Simple: Completely, as in 'all alone' or 'all done'.
   - _The garden was all overgrown._
   - _He got all excited about the trip._
5. So much or by that much, used with the and a comparative.
   - Simple: So much, before 'the' and a comparing word, as in 'all the better'.
   - _The delay made the news all the sweeter._
   - _That is all the more reason to go._
8. Used in casual speech to introduce someone's reported words or attitude.
   - Simple: Used in casual speech to report what someone said or how they felt.
   - _I was all, 'No way,' and he was all, 'Yes way.'_
   - _My mom was all, 'Be home by ten.'_
9. Apiece or each, used in scores to show that both sides have the same number.
   - Simple: Each, in a score, as in 'thirty all'.
   - _At one all, the crowd grew nervous._
   - _The sets stood at one all._

## Noun

6. Everything a person has to give, especially their whole effort, or, less often, everything they own; used with a possessive.
   - Simple: Everything you have to give, especially all your effort.
   - _He gave his all for the club._
   - _She put her all into the new job._
11. Everything in general, or all that matters to someone, used as a noun, as in love is all.
   - Simple: Everything that exists or matters, as a noun.
   - _Her children were her all._
   - _For the poet, love is all._

## Adjective

12. Used up or all gone, especially of food or supplies. *(dialectal, Pennsylvania)*
   - Simple: In Pennsylvania speech, all gone or used up, as in 'the butter is all'.
   - _Sorry, the cake is all, so you'll have to settle for a cookie._
   - _We can't make pancakes, because the flour is all._

## Adverb

13. Even or just, used in poetry chiefly as a metrical filler. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An old poetic use meaning 'even' or 'just', as in 'all as he fed his flock'.

## Determiner

14. Any, after a negative. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An old use meaning 'any', as in 'without all remedy'.

## Conjunction

15. Although, or even though. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An old use meaning 'although'.

## Origin

This word comes from Middle English "all," from Old English "eall," from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- meaning "all." It is related to Dutch "al," German "all," Swedish "all," and Welsh "holl," among others.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/all (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).