Tra từ all - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

all determiner, pronoun, adverb BrE [ɔːl] NAmE [ɔːl]
determiner
1. (used with plural nouns. The noun may have the, this, that, my, her, his, etc. in front of it, or a number.)the whole number of
• All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses.
• Cars were coming from all directions (= every direction).
•All the people you invited are coming.
•All my plants have died.
•All five men are hard workers.
2. (used with uncountable nouns. The noun may have the, this, that, my, her, his, etc. in front of it.)the whole amount of
• All wood tends to shrink.
• You've had all the fun and I've had all the hard work.
•All this mail must be answered.
•He has lost all his money.
3. used with singular nouns showing sth has been happening for a whole period of time
• He's worked hard all year.
• She was unemployed for all that time.
4. the greatest possible
•In all honesty (= being as honest as I can), I can't agree.
5. consisting or appearing to consist of one thing only
•The magazine was all advertisements.
•She was all smiles (= smiling a lot).
6. any whatever
•He denied all knowledge of the crime.
more at for all at ↑for _prep.

Word Origin:
Old English all, eall, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch al and German all.
Idioms: ↑all about somebody ▪ ↑all along ▪ ↑all around ▪ ↑all but ▪ ↑all for for doing something ▪ ↑all in ▪ ↑all in all ▪ ↑all in one ▪ ↑all of something ▪ ↑all over ▪ ↑all over somebody ▪ ↑all round ▪ ↑all that ▪ all the better/harder ▪ ↑all there ▪ ↑all up ▪ ↑and all ▪ ↑and all that ▪ ↑at all ▪ ↑in all ▪ not all that good/well ▪ ↑not as bad as all that ▪ ↑not at all ▪ of all people/things ▪ ↑of all the … ▪ ↑your all

pronoun
1. the whole number or amount
• All of the food has gone.
• They've eaten all of it.
•They've eaten it all.
•I invited some of my colleagues but not all.
•Not all of them were invited.
•All of them enjoyed the party.
•They all enjoyed it.
•His last movie was best of all.
2. (followed by a relative clause, often without that)the only thing; everything
• All I want is peace and quiet.
• It was all that I had.
more at above all at ↑above _prep., after all at ↑after _prep., end it all at ↑end _v., put an end to yourselfput an end to it all at ↑end _n., for all at ↑for _prep., on/from all sides at ↑side _n.

Word Origin:
Old English all, eall, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch al and German all.

Which Word?:
altogether / all together
Altogether and all together do not mean the same thing. Altogether means ‘in total’ or (in BrE) ‘completely’: ▪ We have invited fifty people altogether. ◇ ▪ I am not altogether convinced by this argument.
All together means ‘all in one place’ or ‘all at once’: ▪ Can you put your books all together in this box? ◇ ▪ Let’s sing ‘Happy Birthday’. All together now!

adverb
1. completely
• She was dressed all in white.
• He lives all alone.
•The coffee went all over my skirt.
2. (informal)very
•She was all excited.
•Now don't get all upset about it.
3. ~ too… used to show that sth is more than you would like
•I'm all too aware of the problems.
•The end of the trip came all too soon.
4. (in sports and games)to each side
• The score was four all.

Word Origin:
[all] Old English all, eall, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch al and German all.

See also: ↑all around