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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Completely given to or absorbed by
Example:
became all attention
Classified under:
Similar:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
Example:
all parties are welcome
Classified under:
Similar:
each ((used of count nouns) every one considered individually)
every ((used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception)
every last ((used as intensive) every)
every (each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified)
Antonym:
no ((quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of)
some ((quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly')
Example:
he fell right into the trap
Synonyms:
all; altogether; completely; entirely; right; totally; whole; wholly
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Context examples:
Pray do so. I shall be all anxiety.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He must have lost his head, or he never would have left the stick or, above all, burned the cheque book.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“May I ask, in the first place, why you came to me at all?”
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I took their word for all that they averred, and I became their disciple.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
And that was all we could learn of our guest.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I can remember her all through her beautiful life for she was but a girl when she married, and little more when I can first recall her busy fingers and her gentle voice.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Alleyne had gone no great distance for all the many small passages that had befallen him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You had all kinds of new groups of dinosaurs and ocean reptiles getting their start, starting to spread around the world,” said Brusatte.
(Sea Monster Swam Oceans 170 Million Years Ago, Voanews)
“They clung to the inside and stuck together. When we did the same experiment with sand and volcanic ash using Earth-like conditions, all of it came out. Nothing stuck.”
('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)
Samsung announced earlier in the day that it was stopping all global sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7, and advised all customers to stop using the device immediately.
(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)
