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[awl] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.

2.	the whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively): all students.

3.	the greatest possible (used in referring to quality or degree): with all due respect; with all speed.

4.	every: all kinds; all sorts.

5.	any; any whatever: beyond all doubt.

6.	nothing but; only: The coat is all wool.

7.	dominated by or as if by the conspicuous possession or use of a particular feature: The colt was all legs. They were all ears, listening attentively to everything she said.

8.	Chiefly Pennsylvania German. all gone; consumed; finished: The pie is all.

–pronoun

9.	the whole quantity or amount: He ate all of the peanuts. All are gone.

10.	the whole number; every one: all of us.

11.	everything: Is that all you want to say? All is lost.

–noun

12.	one's whole interest, energy, or property: to give one's all; to lose one's all.

13.	(often initial capital letter) the entire universe.

–adverb

14.	wholly; entirely; completely: all alone.

15.	only; exclusively: He spent his income all on pleasure.

16.	each; apiece: The score was one all.

17.	Archaic. even; just.

—Idioms

18.	above all, before everything else; chiefly: Above all, the little girl wanted a piano.

19.	after all, in spite of the circumstances; notwithstanding: He came in time after all.

20.	all at once. once (def. 14).

21.	all but, almost; very nearly: These batteries are all but dead.

22.	all in, Northern and Western U.S. very tired; exhausted: We were all in at the end of the day.

23.

all in all,

a.	everything considered; in general: All in all, her health is greatly improved.

b.	altogether: There were twelve absentees all in all.

c.	everything; everything regarded as important: Painting became his all in all.

24.	all in hand, Printing, Journalism. (of the copy for typesetting a particular article, book, issue, etc.) in the possession of the compositor.

25.	all in the wind, Nautical. too close to the wind.

26.	all out, with all available means or effort: We went all out to win the war.

27.

all over,

a.	finished; done; ended.

b.	everywhere; in every part.

c.	in every respect; typically.

28.

all standing, Nautical.

a.	in such a way and so suddenly that sails or engines are still set to propel a vessel forward: The ship ran aground all standing.

b.	fully clothed: The crew turned in all standing.

c.	fully equipped, as a vessel.

29.	all that, remarkably; entirely; decidedly (used in negative constructions): It's not all that different from your other house.

30.	all the better, more advantageous; so much the better: If the sun shines it will be all the better for our trip.

31.	all there, Informal. mentally competent; not insane or feeble-minded: Some of his farfetched ideas made us suspect that he wasn't all there.

32.	all the same. same (def. 9).

33.	all told. told (def. 2).

34.

all up,

a.	Printing, Journalism. (of copy) completely set in type.

b.	Informal. with no vestige of hope remaining: It's all up with George—they've caught him.

35.	and all, together with every other associated or connected attribute, object, or circumstance: What with the snow and all, we may be a little late.

36.

at all,

a.	in the slightest degree: I wasn't surprised at all.

b.	for any reason: Why bother at all?

c.	in any way: no offense at all.

37.	for all (that), in spite of; notwithstanding: For all that, it was a good year.

38.	in all, all included; all together: a hundred guests in all.

39.	once and for all, for the last time; finally: The case was settled once and for all when the appeal was denied.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME al, pl. alle; OE eal(l); c. Goth alls, ON allr, OFris, D, MLG al, OS, OHG al(l) (G all); if < *ol-no-, equiv. to Welsh oll and akin to OIr uile < *ol-io-; cf. almighty

]

—Synonyms 2. every one of, each of. 14. totally, utterly, fully.

—Usage note Expressions like all the farther and all the higher occur chiefly in informal speech: This is all the farther the bus goes. That's all the higher she can jump. Elsewhere as far as and as high as are generally used: This is as far as the bus goes. That's as high as she can jump.
Although some object to the inclusion of of in such phrases as all of the students and all of the contracts and prefer to omit it, the construction is entirely standard.
See also already, alright, altogether.

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all (ôl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Being or representing the entire or total number, amount, or quantity: All the windows are open. Deal all the cards. See Synonyms at whole.
Constituting, being, or representing the total extent or the whole: all Christendom.
Being the utmost possible of: argued the case in all seriousness.
Every: got into all manner of trouble.
Any whatsoever: beyond all doubt.
Pennsylvania Finished; used up: The apples are all. See Regional Note at gum band.
Informal Being more than one: Who all came to the party? See Regional Note at you-all.

n. The whole of one's fortune, resources, or energy; everything one has: The brave defenders gave their all.

pron.

The entire or total number, amount, or quantity; totality: All of us are sick. All that I have is yours.
Everyone; everything: justice for all.

adv.

Wholly; completely: a room painted all white; directions that were all wrong.
Each; apiece: a score of five all.
So much: I am all the better for that experience.

[Middle English al, from Old English eall; see al-³ in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: The construction all that is used informally in questions and negative sentences to mean "to the degree expected." In the late 1960s, the Usage Panel rejected its use, but evidently resistance to all that is crumbling. Seventy-two percent of the Panel now finds the construction acceptable in the sentence The movie is not all that interesting. · Sentences of the form All X's are not Y may be ambiguous. All of the departments did not file a report may mean that some departments did not file, or that none did. The first meaning can be expressed unambiguously by the sentence Not all of the departments filed a report. The second meaning requires a paraphrase such as None of the departments filed a report or All of the departments failed to file a report. The same problem can arise with other universal terms such as every in negated sentences, as in the ambiguous Every department did not file a report. See Usage Note at every.

Our Living Language : Among the newest ways of introducing direct speech in the United States is the construction consisting of a form of be with all, as in I'm all, "I'm not gonna do that!" And she's all, "Yes you are!" This construction is particularly common in the animated speech of young people in California and elsewhere on the West Coast, who use it more frequently than the informal East Coast alternatives, be like and go, as in He's like (or goes), "I'm not gonna do that!" These indicators of direct speech tend to be used more often with pronoun subjects (He's all, "I'm not....") than with nouns (The man's all, "I'm not...."), and with the historical present (He's all....) than with the past (He was all....). All of these locutions can introduce a gesture or facial expression rather than a quotation, as in He's all.... followed by a shrug of the shoulders. Be all and be like can also preface a statement that sums up an attitude, as in "I'm all 'No way!'" See Notes at go¹, like².

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O.E. eall "all, every, entire," from P.Gmc. *alnaz (cf. O.Fris., O.H.G. al, O.N. allr, Goth. alls), with no certain connection outside Gmc. All-fired (1837) is U.S. slang euphemism for hell-fired. First record of all out "to one's full powers" is 1880. At all (c.1350) was formerly only in the affirmative, recently usually negative except in literary attempts at Irish dialect. All-star (adj.) is from 1889; all-American is from 1888, with ref. to baseball teams composed of the best players from the U.S. All-terrain vehicle first recorded 1970. All clear as a signal of "no danger" is recorded from 1902. All right, indicative of approval, is attested from 1953.

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all
adjective
1.	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 night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome" [ant: some, no]
2.	completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention"
adverb
1.	to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly] [ant: part]

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In addition to the idioms beginning with all, also see above all; after all; against all odds; as all getout; at all; at all costs; be-all and end-all; beat all; by all accounts; by all means; by all odds; cap it all; fall all over; firing on all cylinders; first of all; for all; for all I care; for all I know; for all one's worth; for all that; get away (from it all); get one's act (it all) together; go all the way; have all one's buttons; have it all over someone; have it both ways (all); hit on all cylinders; hold all the aces; in a (all of a) dither; in all; in all good conscience; in all one's born days; in all probability; (all) in the same boat; it's all downhill from here; it's all over with; it takes all sorts; jump all over; know all the answers; know-it-all; laugh all the way to the bank; least of all; let it all hang out; not all it's cracked up to be; not at all; not for all the tea in china; no time at all; of all the nerve; of all things; once and for all; one and all; pull out all the stops; put all one's eggs in one basket; seen one, seen them all; till all hours; to all intents and purposes; (all) to the good; turn out all right; walk all over; warts and all; when all's said and done; with all due respect; with all one's heart; you can't win them all.

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In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Albanian Lek.

Investopedia Commentary

The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.

See also: Currency, FOREX, Hard Currency, Money

Also spelled: ALL

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All\, a. [OE. al, pl. alle, AS. eal, pl. ealle, Northumbrian alle, akin to D. & OHG. al, Ger. all, Icel. allr. Dan. al, Sw. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Ir. and Gael. uile, W. oll.]

1. 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).

Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. --1 Thess. v. 21.

2. Any. [Obs.] "Without all remedy." --Shak.

Note: When the definite article "the," or a possessive or a demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as, all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our families; all your citizens; all their property; all other joys.

Note: This word, not only in popular language, but in the Scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the cattle in Egypt died, all Judea and all the region round about Jordan, all men held John as a prophet, are not to be understood in a literal sense, but as including a large part, or very great numbers.

3. Only; alone; nothing but.

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter. --Shak.

All the whole, the whole (emphatically). [Obs.] "All the whole army." --Shak.

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All\, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." --Byron.

Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive.

2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.]

All as his straying flock he fed. --Spenser.

A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. --Gay.

All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e., burst in two, or asunder.

All along. See under Along.

All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] "Displeased all and some." --Fairfax.

All but. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) Almost; nearly. "The fine arts were all but proscribed." --Macaulay.

All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [Low]

All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing.

All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mother all over. [Colloq.]

All the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference.

All the same, nevertheless. "There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not." --J. C. Shairp. "But Rugby is a very nice place all the same." --T. Arnold. -- See also under All, n.

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All\, 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.

Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. --Shak.

All that thou seest is mine. --Gen. xxxi. 43.

Note: All is used with of, like a partitive; as, all of a thing, all of us.

After all, after considering everything to the contrary; nevertheless.

All in all, a phrase which signifies all things to a person, or everything desired; (also adverbially) wholly; altogether.

Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee, Forever. --Milton.

Trust me not at all, or all in all. --Tennyson.

All in the wind (Naut.), a phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake.

All told, all counted; in all.

And all, and the rest; and everything connected. "Bring our crown and all." --Shak.

At all. (a) In every respect; wholly; thoroughly. [Obs.] "She is a shrew at al(l)." --Chaucer. (b) A phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences, and signifying in any way or respect; in the least degree or to the least extent; in the least; under any circumstances; as, he has no ambition at all; has he any property at all? "Nothing at all." --Shak. "If thy father at all miss me." --1 Sam. xx. 6.

Over all, everywhere. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Note: All is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning, or add force to a word. In some instances, it is completely incorporated into words, and its final consonant is dropped, as in almighty, already, always: but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen, as, all-bountiful, all-glorious, allimportant, all-surrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as, allpower, all-giver. Anciently many words, as, alabout, alaground, etc., were compounded with all, which are now written separately.

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All\, conj. [Orig. all, adv., wholly: used with though or if, which being dropped before the subjunctive left all as if in the sense although.] Although; albeit. [Obs.]

All they were wondrous loth. --Spenser.

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ALL

acute lymphocytic leukemia
Albaniaâlek (currency)

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