Cambridge Dictionary of American English
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Definition
all (EVERY ONE)
[Hide phonetics]adjective
every one of, or the complete number of
All four of her children are under six.
Not all my friends approved of what I did.
If a person is on all fours, they have both knees and hands on the ground:
Shirelle was on all fours, looking for her contact lens.
All manner of something means a great variety of types of it:
He's survived all manner of difficulties.
All of means only:
His book has sold all of 200 copies.
People say of all people/things/places to mean especially:
I thought that you, of all people, would believe me
all
[Hide phonetics]pronoun
All of her kids have been in jail.
All also means the one thing: Speed is all that matters.
All I need is a hot shower.
There were 550 people there all told (= in total).
