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allis

allis 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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Proper noun capitalized: Allis

Allis

  1. A surname

Words formed from allis

Phrases with allis

Questions about allis

What does allis mean?
Allis means a surname.
What is allis the contraction of?
Allis is the contraction of all.
What part of speech is allis?
Allis is a proper noun.

Words near allis in the dictionary

  1. Allinson
  2. Allinsons
  3. alliofuroside
  4. alliospiroside
  5. alliotoxin
  6. allis
  7. allis shad
  8. alliside
  9. allision
  10. allisions
  11. allism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: allis (page history and authors); Allis (page history and authors); all (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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