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IN ALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in all mean? 

IN ALL (adverb)
  The adverb IN ALL has 1 sense:

1. with everything included or countedplay

  Familiarity information: IN ALL used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IN ALL (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

With everything included or counted

Synonyms:

all told; altogether; in all

Context example:

altogether he earns close to a million dollars


 Context examples 


Besides that, the sisters plagued her in all sorts of ways, and laughed at her.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It appeared in all the papers about a year ago.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I also," said the Tin Woodman, "am well-pleased with my new heart; and, really, that was the only thing I wished in all the world."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I really couldn't help thinking, as I sat taking in all this, that the misfortune extended to some other members of that family besides Mrs. Gummidge.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Stress biomarkers can be found in all of these fluids.

(Engineers create a simple test that can measure stress, National Science Foundation)

"We can see this technology being used in all kinds of institutional and domestic settings," Didar says.

(Scientists Create Superbug-Resistant Self-Cleaning Surface, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Get ready for that period in all areas of your lifeā€”that is the time you will be at your sparkling best.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In all other respects, her visit began and proceeded very well.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

To make sure that RIPK1 action does not initiate inflammation and cell death in all cells, another protein “cuts” the RIPK1 protein at a specific location in the protein sequence.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)

It was designed only to express his participation in all that interested her, and to tell her that he had been hearing what quickened every feeling of affection.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)



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