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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
How often you will meet it
Rank 32 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 913,409 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.434% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- (quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class we sat up all nightate all the food
- completely given to or absorbed by became all attention
adverb
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') also: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, altogether, whole he was wholly convincedentirely satisfied with the meal
all in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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All this the dreamy stranger had taught him, and much more.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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And the girl knew that in the direct, unsophisticated judgments of the judges these things did not count at all.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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All this, being town's talk, Christian already knew; more she had never inquired, not even when she was engaged to him.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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At Christmas time, the children's season, it is best to allow all who so desire to take part in the entertainment.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1