All vs. Hall — What's the Difference?
Difference Between All and Hall
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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.
Hall
In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age and early Middle Ages in northern Europe, a mead hall was where a lord and his retainers ate and also slept.
All
Constituting, being, or representing the total extent or the whole
All Christendom.
Hall
A corridor or passageway in a building.
All
Being the utmost possible of
Argued the case in all seriousness.
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Hall
A large entrance room or vestibule in a building; a lobby.
All
Every
Got into all manner of trouble.
Hall
A building for public gatherings or entertainments.
All
Any whatsoever
Beyond all doubt.
Hall
The large room in which such events are held.
All
(Pennsylvania) Consumed; used up; gone
The apples are all.
Hall
A building used for the gatherings and social activities of a church, fraternal order, or other organization.
All
(Informal) Being more than one
Who all came to the party? See Note at y'all.
Hall
A building belonging to a school, college, or university that provides classroom, dormitory, or dining facilities.
All
The whole of one's fortune, resources, or energy; everything one has
The brave defenders gave their all.
Hall
A large room in such a building.
All
Wholly; completely
A room painted all white.
Hall
The group of students using such a building
The entire hall stayed up late studying.
All
So much
I am all the better for that experience.
Hall
Chiefly British A meal served in such a building.
All
Used as an intensive
Then he got all mad and left.
Hall
The main house on a landed estate.
All
Each; apiece
A score of five all.
Hall
The castle or house of a medieval monarch or noble.
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.
Hall
The principal room in such a castle or house, used for dining, entertaining, and sleeping.
All
Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
Hall
A corridor; a hallway.
The drinking fountain was out in the hall.
All
Only; alone; nothing but.
He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
Hall
A meeting room.
The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.
All
(obsolete) Any.
Hall
A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.
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.
Hall
A building providing student accommodation at a university.
The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.
All
Everyone.
A good time was had by all.
We all enjoyed the movie.
Hall
The principal room of a secular medieval building.
All
The only thing(s).
All that was left was a small pile of ash.
Hall
(obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
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.
Hall
A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
A Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall
All
Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
She was sitting all alone. It suddenly went all quiet.
Hall
(India) A living room.
All
Apiece; each.
The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
Hall
(Oxbridge) A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.
All
(degree) So much.
Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
Hall
(Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.
All
Even; just.
Hall
A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
All
A quotative particle, compare like.
She was all, “Whatever.”
Hall
The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall.
All
(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
Hall
A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
All
(countable) The totality of one's possessions.
Hall
A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
All
(obsolete) Although.
Hall
A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
All
All gone; dead.
The butter is all.
Hall
The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
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.
Hall
Cleared passageway in a crowd; - formerly an exclamation.
All
Any.
Hall
An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open;
The elevators were at the end of the hall
All
Only; alone; nothing but.
I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.
Hall
A large entrance or reception room or area
All
Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.
Hall
A large room for gatherings or entertainment;
Lecture hall
Pool hall
All
Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.
All as his straying flock he fed.
A damsel lay deploringAll on a rock reclined.
Hall
A college or university building containing living quarters for students
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.
Hall
The large room of a manor or castle
All
Although; albeit.
All they were wondrous loth.
Hall
English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
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
Hall
United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
All
Completely given to or absorbed by;
Became all attention
Hall
United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
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
Hall
United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
Hall
United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
Hall
A large and imposing house
Hall
A large building used by a college or university for teaching or research;
Halls of learning
Hall
A large building for meetings or entertainment
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