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