{
    "term": "all",
    "partOfSpeech": "determiner",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the whole number of",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cars were coming from all directions *(= every direction)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the people you invited are coming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All my plants have died."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All five of them are hard workers."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the whole amount of",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All wood tends to shrink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You've had all the fun and I've had all the hard work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All this mail must be answered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has lost all his money."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used with singular nouns showing something has been happening for a whole period of time",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have worked hard all year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was unemployed for all that time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the greatest possible",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In all honesty *(= being as honest as I can)*, I can't agree."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "consisting or appearing to consist of one thing only",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The magazine was all advertisements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **all smiles** *(= smiling a lot)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "any whatever",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He denied all knowledge of the crime."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "and other similar things",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm bored by history—dates and battles and all that stuff."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "despite",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "For all its clarity of style, the book is not easy reading."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to say that something is not important or of no interest or value to you/somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**For all I know** she's still living in Boston."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can do what you like, for all I care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For all the good it's done we might as well not have bothered."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not particularly good, well, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He doesn't sing all that well."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not as much as has been suggested",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They're not as rich as all that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We didn't play particularly well, but we didn't do as badly as all that."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express anger",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've locked myself out. Of all the stupid things to do!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express surprise because somebody/something seems the least likely person, example, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn't think you, of all people, would become a vegetarian."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in or from all directions; everywhere",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We realized we were surrounded on all sides."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Disaster threatens on every side."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was bombarded with questions from all sides."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɔːl/",
                "audio": "al/all/all__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɔːl/",
                "audio": "al/all/all__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English all, eall, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch al and German all."
}