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{
"term": "all",
"partOfSpeech": "determiner",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the whole number of",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses."
},
{
"text": "Cars were coming from all directions *(= every direction)*."
},
{
"text": "All the people you invited are coming."
},
{
"text": "All my plants have died."
},
{
"text": "All five of them are hard workers."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the whole amount of",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "All wood tends to shrink."
},
{
"text": "You've had all the fun and I've had all the hard work."
},
{
"text": "All this mail must be answered."
},
{
"text": "He has lost all his money."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used with singular nouns showing something has been happening for a whole period of time",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They have worked hard all year."
},
{
"text": "She was unemployed for all that time."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the greatest possible",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In all honesty *(= being as honest as I can)*, I can't agree."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "consisting or appearing to consist of one thing only",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The magazine was all advertisements."
},
{
"text": "She was **all smiles** *(= smiling a lot)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "any whatever",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He denied all knowledge of the crime."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "and other similar things",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm bored by history—dates and battles and all that stuff."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "despite",
"examples": [
{
"text": "For all its clarity of style, the book is not easy reading."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to say that something is not important or of no interest or value to you/somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**For all I know** she's still living in Boston."
},
{
"text": "You can do what you like, for all I care."
},
{
"text": "For all the good it's done we might as well not have bothered."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not particularly good, well, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He doesn't sing all that well."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not as much as has been suggested",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They're not as rich as all that."
},
{
"text": "We didn't play particularly well, but we didn't do as badly as all that."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to express anger",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've locked myself out. Of all the stupid things to do!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to express surprise because somebody/something seems the least likely person, example, etc.",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I didn't think you, of all people, would become a vegetarian."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in or from all directions; everywhere",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We realized we were surrounded on all sides."
},
{
"text": "Disaster threatens on every side."
},
{
"text": "She was bombarded with questions from all sides."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɔːl/",
"audio": "al/all/all__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɔːl/",
"audio": "al/all/all__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English all, eall, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch al and German all."
}