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alle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • all determiner Every one of; the whole amount, quantity, or extent of.
  • any det Used to refer to one or some of a thing, without specifying which, especially in questions and negatives.
  • each det Used to refer to every individual member of a group, considered one at a time.
  • everybody pronoun Every person; all people in a group.
  • everyone pronoun Every person; everybody.
  • gone adj No longer present; having left or departed.
  • up adverb Toward or in a higher position; away from the ground.

Senses

alle is used for these senses in English:

  • all 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 and sundry (collectively) All; everyone.
  • any A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.
  • each All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
  • everybody All people.
  • everyone Every person.
  • up (predicative, _, only) Finished, to an end

all — full definition

  1. determiner Every one of; the whole amount, quantity, or extent of.
  2. pronoun Everything or everyone, considered as a whole.
  3. adverb Completely or entirely.

any — full definition

  1. det Used to refer to one or some of a thing, without specifying which, especially in questions and negatives.
  2. det No matter which one; every single one, without exception.
  3. adv At all; to any extent (used to intensify a comparison, usually negative).
  4. pron Any person or thing at all, unspecified.

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