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Commonall
The correct spelling is all.
How to pronounce all
/ɔːl/
nounIPA: /ɔːl/
Say it like: All
The correct spelling is all. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of. For example: "She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line."
Usage Examples
“She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.”
“The butter is all.”
“It suddenly went all quiet.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
- 2.The totality of one's possessions.
adjective
- 1.All gone; dead.
adverb
- 1.(degree) Intensifier.
- 2.Entirely; completely; totally.
- 3.Apiece; each.
- 4.(degree) so much.
- 5.Even; just.
pronoun
- 1.Everything.
- 2.Everyone.
- 3.The only thing(s).
- 4.Used after who, what, where, how and similar words, either without changing their meaning, or indicating that one expects that they cover more than one element, e.g. that "who all attended" is more than one person. (Some dialects only allow this to follow some words and not others.)
- 5.Clipping of y’all. Used only as a vocative.
conjunction
- 1.Although.
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