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Added 9 October 2026

all

/ɔːl/ adjective

In Latin: omnes, omnia Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about all at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(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
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').
he was wholly convinced

Origin

From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”).

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