• katie's toys were spread out all over the floor. Discover the shared vision of @sailgpfra and @all for more responsible travel, hospitality, and experiences. We use all (of) the (with an article), when we're talking about a specific group of the noun.
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The governor mounted a halfhearted campaign for the presidency but didn't. You use all to refer to a situation or to life in general. Like quentin delapierre and his crew, we are all looking in the same direction.
All is silent on the island now.
• there are leaves all over the car. The whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively): See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. • the choir has sung in concerts all over the country.
• there was a sound of. When we say all (of) the students, we're talking about a specific group of students. Putting all of one's available resources into an effort: Every one (of), or the complete amount or number (of), or the whole (of):
The whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration):
When 'all' is a pronoun, it can come with both singular and plural nouns. There are 63 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word all, two of which are labelled obsolete. When 'all' refers to a group of people/things as a unified whole, it comes with a singular verb, but when 'all' refers to multiple groups. How to use all in a sentence.
Games staking all of one's chips, as in poker. The meaning of all is the whole amount, quantity, or extent of. As you'll have read in our news pages, all has not been well of late. • she had flour and stuff all over her hands.
