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- pronunciation:
- awl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, pronoun, adverb
- phrases:
- after all, all at once, all the time
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
"All" means every one of some group, or it means the whole of something. If all children in a school are girls, then there are no boys in the school. If we say that it rained all day, it means that it never stopped raining the whole day.
All babies cry sometimes, but some babies cry a lot!
- synonyms:
- complete, entire, every, total, whole
- antonyms:
- no, none
- similar words:
- universal
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| definition 2: |
"All" sometimes means any.
She gave up all hope of winning the prize.- synonyms:
- any
- similar words:
- each
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| part of speech: |
pronoun |
| definition 1: |
"All" sometimes means everyone.
Now that all are here, we can start the game.- synonyms:
- everybody, everyone, everything, whole
- antonyms:
- none
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| definition 2: |
"All" means the total number or total amount of something.
When we left him alone in the house, our dog ate all of the cookies that we left on the table.I finished all of my work before my friends did.- synonyms:
- each, everything
- antonyms:
- none
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| definition 3: |
"All" sometimes means everything.
All is quiet tonight.- synonyms:
- everybody, everyone, everything, whole
- antonyms:
- nothing
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
"All" sometimes means completely. When something is all wrong, it means that it is completely wrong.
Our cat was out in the rain and her fur was all wet when she came inside. I dried her with a towel.- synonyms:
- altogether, completely, entirely, quite, totally
- similar words:
- very
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| definition 2: |
When a game is two all, it means that each player has two points.
The score was five all in the baseball game, and it was pretty exciting.- synonyms:
- each
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| phrase: |
after all, all at once, all the time |
Are you looking for the word awl (a tool for making holes)? All and awl sound alike but have different meanings.
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