Words / A1

ORL/ɔːl/

Every person or the whole amount: all. All the students means not one is missing. All of us / all day are common. Every often sits before a singular noun (every student); all likes a plural or “the” + noun.

Meaning

The whole number or amount; every one.

Examples

• “All the students are here.”
• “We waited all morning.”
• “All of the lights are on.”

Good to know

all the + plural / all day. Similar: every (every + singular).

Near in meaning

every

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