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All vs. Entire — What's the Difference?

All vs. Entire — What's the Difference?

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All

Being or representing the entire or total number, amount, or quantity
All the windows are open. Deal all the cards.

Entire

Having no part excluded or left out; whole
I read the entire book.

All

Constituting, being, or representing the total extent or the whole
All Christendom.

Entire

Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration
We spent the entire day at the beach.

All

Being the utmost possible of
Argued the case in all seriousness.
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Entire

Not broken, decayed, or divided; intact
An old building with its roof entire.

All

Every
Got into all manner of trouble.

Entire

With no reservations or limitations; complete
Gave us his entire attention.

All

Any whatsoever
Beyond all doubt.

Entire

Not castrated.

All

(Pennsylvania) Consumed; used up; gone
The apples are all.

Entire

(Botany) Not having an indented margin
An entire leaf.

All

(Informal) Being more than one
Who all came to the party? See Note at y'all.

Entire

(Archaic) Unmixed or unalloyed; pure or homogenous.

All

The whole of one's fortune, resources, or energy; everything one has
The brave defenders gave their all.

Entire

The whole; the entirety.

All

Wholly; completely
A room painted all white.

Entire

An uncastrated horse; a stallion.

All

So much
I am all the better for that experience.

Entire

Whole; complete.
We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.

All

Used as an intensive
Then he got all mad and left.

Entire

(botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.

All

Each; apiece
A score of five all.

Entire

(botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

All

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
All contestants must register at the scorer’s table.
All flesh is originally grass.
All my friends like classical music.

Entire

Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.

All

Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).

Entire

Not gelded.

All

Only; alone; nothing but.
He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.

Entire

Morally whole; pure; sheer.

All

(obsolete) Any.

Entire

Internal; interior.

All

Everything.
Some gave all they had.
She knows all and sees all.
Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.

Entire

The whole of something; the entirety.

All

Everyone.
A good time was had by all.
We all enjoyed the movie.

Entire

An uncastrated horse; a stallion.

All

The only thing(s).
All that was left was a small pile of ash.

Entire

(philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

All

Used after what, where, how and similar words, either without changing their meaning, or indicating that one expects that they cover more than one element, e.g. that "who all attended" is more than one person.}} Some dialects only allow this to follow some words and not others.

Entire

Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.

All

Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
She was sitting all alone. It suddenly went all quiet.

Entire

Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.
That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
With strength entire and free will armed.
One entire and perfect chrysolite.

All

Apiece; each.
The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.

Entire

Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
Pure fear and entire cowardice.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.

All

(degree) So much.
Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.

Entire

Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

All

Even; just.

Entire

Not gelded; - said of a horse.

All

A quotative particle, compare like.
She was all, “Whatever.”

Entire

Internal; interior.

All

(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.

Entire

Entirely.

All

(countable) The totality of one's possessions.

Entire

A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.

All

(obsolete) Although.

Entire

Uncastrated adult male horse

All

All gone; dead.
The butter is all.

Entire

Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
An entire town devastated by an earthquake
Gave full attention
A total failure

All

The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
Prove all things: hold fast that which is good.

Entire

Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged;
A local motion keepeth bodies integral
Was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime
Fought to keep the union intact

All

Any.

Entire

(of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes

All

Only; alone; nothing but.
I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

Entire

(used of domestic animals) sexually competent;
An entire horse

All

Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.

All

Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.
All as his straying flock he fed.
A damsel lay deploringAll on a rock reclined.

All

The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.
Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.
All that thou seest is mine.
Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee,Forever.
Trust me not at all, or all in all.

All

Although; albeit.
All they were wondrous loth.

All

Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class;
We sat up all night
Ate all the food
All men are mortal
All parties are welcome
Have some milk
Some roses were still blooming
Having some friends over
Some apples
Some paper

All

Completely given to or absorbed by;
Became all attention

All

To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly');
He was wholly convinced
Entirely satisfied with the meal
It was completely different from what we expected
Was completely at fault
A totally new situation
The directions were all wrong
It was not altogether her fault
An altogether new approach
A whole new idea

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