Definitions for the word "all" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. a.
The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Any.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Only; alone; nothing but.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. adv.
Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. adv.
Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.)
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. conj.
Although; albeit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
1 whole amount, quantity, or extent of (all day; all his life; take it all). 2 any whatever (beyond all doubt). 3 greatest possible (with all speed). n. 1 all concerned; everything (all were present; all is lost). 2 (foll. By of) a the whole of (take all of it). B every one of (all of us). C colloq. As much as (all of six feet). D colloq. In a state of (all of a dither). 3 one''s whole strength or resources (prec. By my, your, etc.). 4 (in games) each (two goals all). adv. 1 a entirely, quite (dressed all in black). B as an intensifier (stop all this grumbling). 2 colloq. Very (went all shy). 3 (foll. By the + compar.) To that, or the utmost, extent (if they go, all the better; that makes it all the worse). all along from the beginning. All and sundry everyone. All but very nearly. All for colloq. Strongly in favour of. All found with board and lodging provided free. All in colloq. Exhausted. All in all everything considered. All manner of every kind of. All of a sudden suddenly. All one (or the same) (usu. Foll. By to) a matter of indifference. All out using all one''s strength (also (with hyphen) attrib.: all-out effort). All over 1 completely finished. 2 in or on all parts of (mud all over the carpet). 3 colloq. Typically (you all over). 4 slang effusively attentive to (a person). All right (predic.) 1 satisfactory; safe and sound; in good condition. 2 satisfactorily (it worked out all right). 3 a expressing consent. B as an intensifier (that''s the one all right). All round 1 in all respects. 2 for each person. All the same nevertheless. All there colloq. Mentally alert or normal. All the time throughout (despite some contrary expectation etc.). All together all at once; all in one place or in a group (came all together) (cf. *altogether). All up with hopeless for (a person). At all (with neg. Or interrog.) In any way; to any extent (did not swim at all; did you like it at all?). In all in total; altogether. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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