Dictionary

and all en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Including every object, attribute, or process associated with preceding item or series of items.
   • The turtles saw them [Portuguese men-of-war], approached them from the front, then shut their eyes so they were completely carapaced and ate them filaments and all. 1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 36:
   • We had six large trees ripped from the ground, roots and all. A firefighter told me that the wind hit 110 mph in West U. 2008 September 16, Ken Hoffman, “An oak tree is no longer mighty”, in Houston Chronicle, page STAR 1:
   • He ate the whole fish, bones and all.
   • Now proper French tradition requires that when you eat the ortolan, you drape a napkin over your head and consume the bird in one bite, beak, bones and all. 1995 August 21, “Pros and Cons of the Balanced Budget Amendment”, in Ind_Limbaugh:
   • The facts of the accident, however, are too ambiguous to reek of malice or recklessness. And the drivers involved, flaws and all, are hardly demons. 1998 May 15, Barry Bearak, “Hailing Danger; Behind the Wheel: Long Hours and Hard Feelings”, in New York Times:
2. (idiomatic, informal, not-comparable) Used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications of what has been stated.
   • What with you saying he was sick and all, I figured neither of you were coming.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable) Used to add emphasis.
   • He starts yelling and we come running to help, but a fat load of thanks we get and all!
4. (UK, informal, not-comparable) As well; in addition.
   • “You leave my son alone!” The woman turned her head slowly towards him. When her eyes met his, she said, “Gilbert, you are forgetting something. Frank is my son and all.” 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
   • I'll have some of the red ones, some green ones, and them yellow ones and all.

Forms

Deriveds

still and all · warts and all · one and all · Uncle Tom Cobley and all

Synonyms

et cetera · and all that · and that · and stuff · and so on

Translations (23)

fr et tout le tremblement (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · pl wszystko (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · az zad (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · fr et tout et tout (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · ru и всё прочее (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · az filan (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · pl i tym podobne (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · fi ynnä muuta (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · fr et tout le reste (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · ru и прочее (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · pl i tak dalej (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · fr et ainsi de suite (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · fi päivineen (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · ta எல்லாம் (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · az nə bilim, nə (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · pt e tudo (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · fr et tout (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · fr tout ça (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · fr et cætera (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · ru и всё остальное (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items) · ru и всё такое (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · fi ja niin edelleen (idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated) · fi kaikkineen (idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items)