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