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all's

all's is the contraction of all.

Meaning of all

Determiner

all

  1. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
    • All contestants must register for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all.
  2. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
    • The store is open all day and all night.
  3. Only; alone; nothing but.
    • He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
  4. (obsolete) Any.
    • without all remedyc. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Phrases with all's

Questions about all's

What is all's the contraction of?
All's is the contraction of all.

Words near all's in the dictionary

  1. all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
  2. all y'all
  3. all y'all's
  4. all your base are belong to us
  5. all'antica
  6. all's
  7. all's fair in love and war
  8. all's fish that comes to the net
  9. all's one
  10. all's well that ends well
  11. all-

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