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all one

all one noun: a matter of indifference; a matter involving a distinction without a difference; a matter having no importance or consequence.

Noun

all one (uncountable)

  1. A matter of indifference; a matter involving a distinction without a difference; a matter having no importance or consequence.
    • Near-synonyms: all the same, monolithic, of a kind, of a piece, cut from the same cloth
    • But what care I? I care not an she were a black-a-moor; 'tis all one to me.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about all one

What does all one mean?
All one means a matter of indifference; a matter involving a distinction without a difference; a matter having no importance or consequence.
What part of speech is all one?
All one is a noun.

Words near all one in the dictionary

  1. all of a sudden
  2. all of one's taste is in one's mouth
  3. all of the sudden
  4. all of y'all
  5. all on a sudden
  6. all one
  7. all one likes
  8. all one wants
  9. all one word
  10. all one's born days
  11. all one's eggs in one basket

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