[awl] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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,
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| 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,
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| 28. | all standing, Nautical.
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| 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,
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| 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,
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| 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. |
| var. of allo- before a vowel: allonym. |
| all (ôl) adj.
pron.
[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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In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Albanian Lek.
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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.
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Also spelled: ALL
all- pref.
Variant of allo-.
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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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