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all
adj
    1. The whole amount, number or extent of something; every.
    2. The greatest possible.
      Example: run with all speed
    3. Any whatever.
      Example: beyond all doubt
noun
    1. Every one of the people or things concerned; the whole of something.
    2. One's whole strength, resources, etc.
      Example: give one's all
adverb
    1. Entirely; quite.
    2. colloq
      Very.
      Example: go all shy
    3. Used in giving the score in various games: on each side. See also a'.
      Example: 30 all
Idiom: all along
    The whole time.
      Thesaurus: from the beginning, all the time, constantly, regularly.
Idiom: all and sundry
    Everyone.
Idiom: all but ...
    Very nearly ....
      Example: He all but drowned
Idiom: all for something
    Extremely enthusiastic about it.
Idiom: all found
    Said of accommodation charges: including all possible extra costs, such as meals, electricity and laundry.
Idiom: all in
    colloq
    Exhausted.
    With all expenses included.
Idiom: all in all
    Considering everything.
Idiom: all over
    Finished.
Idiom: all over someone
    colloq
    Excessively demonstrative towards them.
Idiom: all over something
    Everywhere in or on it.
      Example: all over the world
Idiom: all over the place
    colloq
    In a disorganized muddle.
Derivative: all right
    See separate entry.
Idiom: all systems go!
    Everything is in working order or ready to start.
Idiom: all that ... (as ... as all that)
    Note: with negatives and in questions
    Particularly ....
      Example: He's not as bad as all that
Idiom: all the best!
    colloq
    Good luck!
Idiom: all there
    colloq
    Note: usually with negatives
    Completely sane; mentally alert.
Idiom: all the same
Idiom: all told
    Including everyone or everything.
      Thesaurus: in all, altogether, on the whole, in toto.
    Taking everything into account.
Idiom: all up with someone or something
    At an end for them or it.
    Beyond all hope for them.
Idiom: and all that
    Etcetera.
Idiom: at all
    In the least.
    In any way.
Idiom: for all that
    In spite of it.
Idiom: in all
    All together.
Idiom: that's her etc all over
    colloq
    That's exactly what one would expect from her, etc.
Idiom: when all is said and done
    colloq
    All things considered; after all.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon eall.




find
verb found, finding
    1. To discover through search, enquiry, mental effort or chance.
      Thesaurus: discover, detect, notice, observe, perceive, arrive at, discern, hit upon, uncover, expose, run across, run into, stumble upon, happen upon, come upon, come across.
    2. To seek out and provide something.
      Example: I'll find you a plumber
    3. To realize or discover something.
    4. To experience something as being (easy, difficult, etc).
      Example: find it hard to express oneself
    5. To consider; to think.
      Thesaurus: judge, determine, decide.
    6. To get or experience.
      Example: find pleasure in reading
    7. To become aware of something or someone.
      Example: found her beside him
    8. To succeed in getting (time, courage, money, etc for something).
    9. To see or come across.
      Example: a bird found only in Madagascar
    10. To reach.
      Example: find one's best form
    tr & intr
    11. law.
      Said of a jury or court, etc: to decide on and deliver a specified verdict about (an accused person).
      Example: found the accused innocent
      Example: found that the accused was guilty
      Example: found a verdict of guilty
noun
    1. Something or someone that is found; an important discovery.
      Thesaurus: bargain, acquisition, coup, bonanza, catch, discovery.
Idiom: all found
    With food and housing provided.
Idiom: find it in oneself (find it in one's heart)
    To be prepared (to do something hurtful, etc).
Idiom: find oneself
    To find the role, etc that satisfies one.
Idiom: find oneself doing something
    To discover or realize that one is doing it.
      Example: found themselves agreeing
Idiom: find one's feet
    To establish oneself confidently in a new situation.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon findan.

Phrasal Verb: find out about something
    To discover or get information about it.
Phrasal Verb: find someone out
    To detect them in wrongdoing; to discover the truth about them.



found3 past tense, past participle of find
Idiom: all found


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