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all (AWL)
1. The whole of something, total of; the entire contents of: "We drank all the milk that was left in the fridge."
2. Every one of, each of; the whole number of: "All of the people had to be checked before they could get into the aircraft."
3. Everything, every item; the whole quantity: "Is that all that you can carry?"
4. Every one, each, every member: "All of us have a tendency to overeat."
2. Every one of, each of; the whole number of: "All of the people had to be checked before they could get into the aircraft."
3. Everything, every item; the whole quantity: "Is that all that you can carry?"
4. Every one, each, every member: "All of us have a tendency to overeat."
all, all, all, awl
all (AWL) (pronoun)
The whole of something; the entire contents of: "When Bradley and Roy came home, they drank all the milk that was left in the 'fridge'."
all (AWL) (adverb)
Every one of, each of; the whole number of: "All of the people had to be checked before they could get into the aircraft."
all (AWL) (noun)
Everything, every item; the whole quantity: "Come on, Dustin, is that all that you can carry?"
awl (AWL) (noun)
A tool for making holes in wood, leather, etc.: "The repairman used an awl to make a new shoe-lace holes for the old shoes."
Gerome used an awl to make all the holes in the lathing for Jill's front porch.
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(Greek: said to be a stem for "all, every, whole", or "complete"; that is, a field of study in biology that refers to the whole set of omics including their -omics and -ome subfields in order to understand life as a holistic existence and organic beings as a whole)
(Latin: all, every)
(Greek: all, every, entire)
(Greek: pancreas [pan, "all" plus kreas, "flesh"; the idea apparently being that the pancreas is an organ composed entirely of glandular flesh])
(Latin: all, whole, entire)
(A god for all medical doctors)
(A god for all medical doctors)
(Greek: different, other, another; divergence; a combining form denoting a condition differing from the normal or a reversal, or referring to "another")
(Greek: man; human beings, mankind; including, males (man, men; boy, boys) and females (woman, women; girl, girls); all members of the human race; people, humanity)
(cytology is the study of cells and the cell theory states that all living things are composed of cells and that all cells arise only from other cells)
(Latin: around, about, surrounding, closed curve, circling, circular, on all sides; literally, "in a circle")
(Anglo Saxon or Teutonic: in Old English times, eye was eage, which is related to a whole range of words for "eye" in other European languages; including, Greek ophthalmos and Latin oculus [with all of its subsequent derivatives])
(Greek: genein, "to produce"; all the genetic information possessed by any organism)
(mythology for all seasons)
(of all of those who were involved with the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, it was James Murray who made the greatest contributions)
(Latin: human beings, mankind; literally, "man, men"; however, it now also includes, "woman, women" or all of humanity)
(having a "bird brain" may be a good thing, after all)
(narcoleptics struggle against sleepiness all day long)
(situation in which less and less is done by more and more officials; government agency where after all is said and done, more is said than done)
(an agency where after all is said and done, more is said than done.)
(a form of word humor when people fiddle with words and laugh at the resultant loony tunes: Considered by some to be the lowest form of humus, earthy wit that we all dig and often respond to with groans and moans)
(a form of word humor when people fiddle with words and laugh at the resultant loony tunes; considered by some to be the lowest form of humus, earthy wit, that we all dig and often respond to with groans and moans)
(a process by which nature prevents everything from happening all at once)
(when all roads led to Rome)
(Latin: always, ever, at all times, on each occasion)
(Latin: internal organs; all that is under the skin, all parts in the body except flesh or muscles; entrails; any large interior organ in any of the three great cavities of the body; specifically, those within the chest; such as, the heart or lungs or in the abdomen; such as, the liver, pancreas or intestines)
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all mighty, almighty
all mighty (awl MIGH tee) (adverb)
When all of those in a group are in agreement, or disagreement, about something: "We're all mighty glad to see you again, Gordon."
almighty (awl MIGH tee) (adjective)
Having absolute power; all-powerful: "Judaism is said to be the first religion to teach the existence of a supreme deity having almighty power."
Pastor Marcus shouted that we are all mighty glad to know the power of the almighty presence of the Lord.
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all ready (awl RED ee)
1. Everyone or everything is ready; quite ready; completely ready: "I was all ready to start my next job."
2. Allocate, assign, grant, provide: "Allow yourself at least an hour to get to the airport."
2. Allocate, assign, grant, provide: "Allow yourself at least an hour to get to the airport."
all ready, already
all ready (awl RED ee) (adjective)
Everyone or everything is prepared; quite ready in every particular; completely ready: "Salley was all ready to start her next job."
"Helder, Wilfredo, and Nelson will go to the office when they are all ready."
already (awl RED ee) (adverb)
1. By this time; soon: "Judy, are you finished with your work already?"
2. Before this time: "Chris and Zofia arrived at noon but Connie had already gone."
2. Before this time: "Chris and Zofia arrived at noon but Connie had already gone."
"When Chesley arrived, the bus had already gone."
Letty was all ready to go on her trip, but when she went to the bus station, she found out that the bus had already gone and so she had to wait two more hours for the next one.
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all right (awl RIGHT)
1. Healthy, in good health, hale, hearty; safe, uninjured, unharmed, unimpaired: "She was all right in spite of her accident."
2. Satisfactorily, acceptably, fair: "The new cake recipe turned out to be all right."
3. Yes, very well: "All right, I will do it just as you want it to be done.
2. Satisfactorily, acceptably, fair: "The new cake recipe turned out to be all right."
3. Yes, very well: "All right, I will do it just as you want it to be done.
all right, all-right, alright
all right (awl RIGHT) (adjective)
1. Healthy, in good health; safe, uninjured: "Joan was all right in spite of her accident."
2. Satisfactorily, acceptably: "The new chocolate cake recipe turned out to be all right."
3. Yes, very well: "All right, Joel said, I'll do it just as you want it to be done."
2. Satisfactorily, acceptably: "The new chocolate cake recipe turned out to be all right."
3. Yes, very well: "All right, Joel said, I'll do it just as you want it to be done."
all-right (awl RIGHT) (adjective)
When hyphenated, this is the spelling for the slang adjective: "Jim’s an all-right guy."
This is generally considered to be the only acceptable "exception" to all right.
alright
This is never an acceptable spelling for all right; regardless of how many times you may see it misspelled in print.
Alright, although often misused by many people, it is still considered substandard English!
Alright's Not All Right
By day and night
I sing this song:
"All right's all right;
Alright's all wrong."
By day and night
I sing this song:
"All right's all right;
Alright's all wrong."
Lee's sister made a new cake recipe which came out all right, then when his niece took the cake to her office, her colleagues exclaimed, "That cake is all-right!".
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all together (awl" tuh GETH uhr)
Everyone in a group: "We found the boys all together in the living room."
all together, altogether
all together (awl" tuh GETH uhr) (adverb)
Everyone in a group: "When their parents got home, they found their boys all together in the living room watching TV."
"The three friends were all together for the whole day."
"All together now, everyone, let's sing!"
"The three friends were all together for the whole day."
"All together now, everyone, let's sing!"
altogether (awl" tuh GETH uhr) (adverb)
1. To the whole extent; completely; entirely: "The house was altogether destroyed by the fire."
3. Informal, naked; nude: "When Jorge's mother opened the door, there her little boy stood in the altogether."
"Some of the constituents were not altogether pleased by the outcome of the election."
2. On the whole; considering everything: "Altogether, Meagan was sorry that the accident happened."3. Informal, naked; nude: "When Jorge's mother opened the door, there her little boy stood in the altogether."
The garage at the home of the famous skater, Pearce, was altogether destroyed by fire; but he announced that his gold medals were all together in a safe place.
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all ways (AWL wayz)
1. All the ways possible; in every way: "She investigated all the ways possible to find her missing sister."
2. The whole way; the entire distance, from start to finish: "He ran all the way home by himself."
2. The whole way; the entire distance, from start to finish: "He ran all the way home by himself."
all ways, always
all ways (AWL wayz) (noun)
1. Every existing possibility, every method: "Angela Brown investigated all ways that were possible to find her missing sister."
2. The entire distance, from start to finish: "All ways will be checked by the school staff to see what they need to do to for the poor child."
3. Every way, all possible ways: "The teachers tried in all ways to interest Mary in studying."
2. The entire distance, from start to finish: "All ways will be checked by the school staff to see what they need to do to for the poor child."
3. Every way, all possible ways: "The teachers tried in all ways to interest Mary in studying."
always (AWL wiz, AWL wayz) (adverb)
1. Every time, on every occasion, regularly, consistently: "The office staff always start working at eight o'clock in the morning; however, their supervisor is always late."
2. Eternally, forever, perpetually: "Abelard vowed that he would always love Heloise."
3. At any time; in any event: "Jacob was told by the counselor that he could always get another job if he wants to."
2. Eternally, forever, perpetually: "Abelard vowed that he would always love Heloise."
3. At any time; in any event: "Jacob was told by the counselor that he could always get another job if he wants to."
Even though Kimberly believed that she could always get a new job, she found out that she had to explore all ways of getting new employment; including advertising and talking with friends, before she could get the job that she really wanted.
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all-right (awl RIGHT)
When hyphenated, this is the spelling for the slang adjective: "He’s an all-right guy."
This is considered to be the only acceptable “exception” to all right.
meandering back and forth and all around *
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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surrounded on all sides *
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y'all, you-all, yaw, yaw, yawl
y'all (YAWL) (pronoun)
Used as a contraction of you all: "The waiter came back to where Lynn and Lloyd were sitting and said, Are y'all ready to order?"
"Later, he said, Did y'all have enough to eat?"
"The term, y'all is used primarily in speech in the Southern states of the U.S. to address two or more people."
you-all (YOO AWL, YAWL) (pronoun)
A term often used in the Southern parts of the U.S.: "When Jorge and Heidi went to a restaurant in New Orleans, the waitress greeted them with How are you-all doing?"
"Actually, she might have said, How are y'all doing? which is really the same thing."
yaw (YAW) (noun)
The movement of an airplane, ship, etc., to the left or to the right; especially, an unwanted left or right movement: "Sensors are used to measure the pitch and yaw of the air craft."
"The ship's rudder is used to control yaw."
yaw (YAW) (verb)
To swerve off course momentarily or temporarily: "The passengers noticed that the ship seemed to yaw as the heavy wave struck its side."
yawl (YAWL) (noun)
A sailing boat with two masts and a third mast to the aft [rear] of the two main masts."
The captain of the ship warned his passengers that there could be a strong yaw when the big waves hit the side of the passenger vessel.
In fact, since Jeb was from Mississippi, he said, "Y'all had better be ready for the big yaw that is about to happen to you-all."
Right after the warning, the ship yawed to the right knocking a lot of people on to the floor just as the sailors hoisted the sail on their yawl.
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(the science of the celestial bodies: the sun, the moon, and the planets; the stars and galaxies; and all of the other objects in the universe)
(a glossary of biological terms about living creatures including plants and all kinds of animal species and organisms)
(a collective term for all organic substances of relatively recent, non-geological, origin which can be used for energy production)
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(a suffix that forms abstract and collective nouns added to adjectives to show state or condition; added to nouns to show a position, rank, or realm of; all of those who are part of a group or organization)
(ecology is the study of the relationship between organisms and the environments in which they live, including all living and nonliving components)
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(words exist in all sizes and degrees of difficulty from numerous languages and English continues to churn out new words from the past and the present)
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The love of money is the root of all evil (Timothy 6:10)
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