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