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all there

all there adjective: mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.

Adjective

all there

  1. (idiomatic) Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.
    • Is he all there?
    • I don't think he's all there...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, there.

Examples of all there in a sentence

  • I think he's not all there...
  • She's pretty on the ball ... she's definitely all there.
  • [S]he smiled at me in a such a silly way, I thought to wonder if she was all there.2011, Julie Keith, The Devil Out There, Part 1 (Google preview)

Questions about all there

What does all there mean?
All there means mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.
How do you use all there in a sentence?
I think he's not all there...
What part of speech is all there?
All there is an adjective.

Words near all there in the dictionary

  1. all the while
  2. all the world
  3. all the world and his wife
  4. all the world and Little Billing
  5. all the world's a stage
  6. all there
  7. all things
  8. all things being equal
  9. all things come to those who wait
  10. all things considered
  11. all things to all men

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