The meaning of ALL is the whole amount, quantity, or extent of. How to use all in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of All.

All means ‘every one’, ‘the complete number or amount’ or ‘the whole’. We use it most often as a determiner. We can use a countable noun or an uncountable noun after it: … When all refers …

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

the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year. the whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively): all …

You use all to refer to a situation or to life in general. All is silent on the island now. As you'll have read in our news pages, all has not been well of late.

All- comes from Greek állos, meaning “other.” This word’s distant cousins in Latin, alius and alter, which have similar definitions, give us words such as alien and alternative.

Definition of all determiner in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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

• He went all over the place looking for a shop selling corkscrews but couldn't find one. • By this time there were medical people all over the place, many of them without a purpose, it seemed. …

There are 63 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word all, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.