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1. (chiefly Southern US, South Midland US, Midland US, Scotland, Northern Ireland, India) Used after who, what, where, how and similar words, either without changing their meaning, or indicating that one expects that they cover more than one element, e.g. that "Who all attended?" is more than one person. (Some dialects only allow this to follow some words and not others.)Examples: "Q. Now, then, when you started to go to stake the claims, who all went along?"; ""I mean, you could have called us—collect, o'course—jes' to let us know how-all it's a-goin'.""; ""Where all did he go? What exactly was his job?" Gary shrugged and produced a weak laugh. "I reckon the Middle East. Ain't that where all the oil is?""IndiaNorthern-IrelandScotlandSouthern-US

1. (intensifier, sometimes childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.Examples: "She was sitting all alone. It suddenly went all quiet. I'm all done, Mommy! I did it all by myself."; "'Tis mystery all: th'Immortal dies"; "The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances."childishemphaticintensifiernot-comparablesometimes

2. (degree) So much; used with "the" and a comparative.Examples: "Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets."; "If he leave the company, I'll have to work all the harder."not-comparable

3. (obsolete, poetic) Even; just.Examples: "All as his straying flock he fed."; "A damsel lay deploring / All on a rock reclined."not-comparableobsoletepoetic

1. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.Examples: "She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line."countableuncountable

2. (countable) The totality of one's possessions.Examples: "she therefore ordered Jenny to pack up her alls and begone, for that she was determined she should not sleep that night within her walls. […] I packed up my little all as well as I could, and went off."countable

1. (obsolete) Although.Examples: "And those two froward sisters, their faire loves, / Came with them eke, all they were wondrous loth."obsolete

1. (Pennsylvania, dialect) All gone; dead.Examples: "The butter is all."Pennsylvaniadialectal