all right Definition

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

See under 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.

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all right
alright
adj

1. Unhurt; safe; feeling fine.

Thesaurus: uninjured, well, unhurt, safe, whole.
2. Just about adequate, satisfactory, etc.

Thesaurus: adequate, satisfactory, enough, tolerable, acceptable, passable.
3. colloq
Admirable; genuine; cool.
Example: an all-right kind of a guy
Form: all-right
4. Faultless, without error

Thesaurus: correct, exact, precise, accurate, right.

exclamation

1. Used simply as a greeting

Example: All right? How's it going?
2a. Used to signal agreement or approval;

Example: All right, you can go
Thesaurus: agreed, yes, OK, of course, surely, definitely, positively.
2b. slang
Used to signal great approval
Example: You got tickets to see Julian Cope? Awl right!
Form: awl right (sometimes)

adverb

1. Satisfactorily; properly.
2. colloq
Used to reinforce what has just been said.
Example: It's broken all right

Idiom: a bit of all right

colloq
Someone or something much approved of, especially someone good-looking or sexy
Example: Cor! He's a bit of all right!

Idiom: be all right with someone

colloq
To be agreeable to them.
Example: I'll see you at eight, if that's all right with you

Etymology: 19c.

Info:

A usage difficulty arises because all right is used at different levels of formality; in more casual use (eg in recorded conversation) it is often written as alright, influenced by words like almighty and altogether. The spelling is also influenced when all seems to be inappropriate in a particular context

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