English Dictionary
Definition all- in British English
all- prefix
prefix
/ɔːl/
1
only: used with many adjectives and nouns to show that something includes only the type of thing or person mentioned
Example
an all-female crew
2
whole: used with many nouns to show that something includes the whole of something, or all the people or things of that type
Example
all-party talks
Example
3
including everything: used with some adjectives and participles to show that something includes everything, or to add emphasis
Example
Related Words
Words related to all-:
above all (phrase)
after all (phrase)
all (adverb, determiner, preposition, pronoun)
all (adverb)
all (determiner)
all aboard (phrase)
all along (adverb)
all and sundry (phrase)
all at once (phrase)
all at sea (phrase)
all but (phrase)
all change (phrase)
all done (phrase)
all ears (phrase)
all in (phrase)
all in all (phrase)
all is well (phrase)
all out (phrase)
all over again (phrase)
all right (adjective, adverb)
all right (interjection)
all rise (phrase)
all round (phrase)
all square (phrase)
all the best (phrase)
all the better (phrase)
all the go (phrase)
all the way (phrase)
all told (phrase)
all too easily (phrase)
all too often (phrase)
all wet (phrase)
(all) in one (phrase)
(all) the rage (phrase)
all- (prefix)
all-American (adjective)
all-around (adjective)
all-caps (adjective)
all-comers (noun)
all-consuming (adjective)
all-day (adjective)
all-dressed (adjective)
all-embracing (adjective)
all-hands (adjective)
all-important (adjective)
all-in (adjective)
all-in-one (adjective)
all-inclusive (adjective)
all-night (adjective)
all-nighter (noun)
all-or-nothing (adjective)
all-out (adjective)
all-over (adjective)
all-powerful (adjective)
all-purpose (adjective)
all-round (adjective)
all-rounder (noun)
all-seater (adjective)
all-star (adjective)
all-time (adjective)
...and all (phrase)
at all (phrase)
at all costs (phrase)
be all mouth (phrase)
be all smiles (phrase)
be all there (phrase)
be-all (noun)
best of all (phrase)
bugger all (phrase)
by all means (phrase)
catch-all (adjective)
catch-all (noun)
cure-all (noun)
damn all (phrase)
dash it (all) (phrase)
end it all (phrase)
first of all (phrase)
for all (phrase)
free-for-all (noun)
from all sides (phrase)
fuck all (noun)
go all out (phrase)
in all (phrase)
in all honesty (phrase)
it all began (phrase)
it’s all go (phrase)
know-all (noun)
know-it-all (noun)
last (of all) (phrase)
least of all (phrase)
not at all (phrase)
of all time ()
on all fours ()
one and all (phrase)
say it all (phrase)
sod all (noun)
tell-all (noun)
that’s all (phrase)
the all clear (noun)
y’all (pronoun)