How to use all in a sentence All means ‘every one’, ‘the complete number or amount’ or ‘the whole’ We use it most often as a determiner We can use a countable noun or an uncountable noun after it … when all refers to a whole class of people or things, we don’t use the The whole of one's fortune, resources, or energy
The brave defenders gave their all. You use all to refer to the whole of a particular period of time George had to cut grass all afternoon All is also a predeterminer She's worked all her life. The whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration)
Being or representing the entire or total number, amount, or quantity. The bare form all is used with articles and pronouns, which it precedes (as in english) All die sachen (“all the things”) All dies [es] gerede (“all this chitchat”) All [e] meine freunde (“all my friends”) (more common with the e). All, everyone • you say
• you can also say They all liked the film All people liked the film •you use everyone when talking about all of the members of a group of people. This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word all She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line
There are 63 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word all, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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