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ALL ONE

Definition: ALL ONE

ALL ONE

1. Of the same or equal nature, or consequence; as, he says that it is all one what course you take. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: ALL ONE

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Literature

All one The same in effect. Answers the same purpose. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Synonyms within Context: ALL ONE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Equality

Equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous; synonymous; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced; equalized; Verb: drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical; isobath, isobathic.

Exertion

Take pains; do one's best, do one's level best, do one's utmost; give one hundred percent, do the best one can, do all one can, do all in one's power, do as much as in one lies, do what lies in one's power; use one's best endeavor, use one's utmost endeavor; try one's best, try one's utmost; play one's best card; put one's best leg foremost, put one's right leg foremost; have one's whole soul in his work, put all one's strength into, strain every nerve; spare no efforts, spare no pains; go all lengths; go through fire and water; (resolution); move heaven and earth, leave no stone unturned.

Indifference

Unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to.

Insensibility

Phrase: never mind; macht nichts, it is of no consequence; (unimportant); it cannot be helped; nothing coming amiss; it is all the same to, it is all one to.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ALL ONE

English words defined with "ALL ONE": To have one's handful. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ALL ONE": spamdex. (references)

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Modern Usage: ALL ONE

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That's all one goddamn hit. (Major League; writing credit: David S. Ward)

And they all send each other, even though they're all one and the same thing. (Nuns on the Run; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn)

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Commercial Usage: ALL ONE

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Books

  • All One Body Why Don't We Agree (reference)

  • All One Wicca: A Study in the Universal Eclectic Tradition of Wicca (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: ALL ONE

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All one front, all one war. Credit: Library of Congress.

We are all one family : donate blood with love and nice memories remain in your mind. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: ALL ONE

AuthorQuotation

Arthur Miller

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Bill Hicks

How about a positive LSD story, that would be newsworthy. Don't you think? Anybody think that? Just once, to hear a positive LSD story. "Today, a young man on acid, realised that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves... here's Tom with the weather."

Henry Ward Beecher

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

Napoleon Bonaparte

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

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Historic Usage: ALL ONE

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Where the laws cannot be executed, it is all one as if there were no laws; and a government without laws is, I suppose, a mystery in politics, unconceivable to human capacity, and inconsistent with human society. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Expressions: ALL ONE

Expressions using "ALL ONE": all one color all one to all one to me do all one possibly can it is all one to it is all one to him it is all one to me it's all one. Additional references.

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Modern Translation: ALL ONE

Language Translations for "ALL ONE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

nuk ka rëndësi (all one to me, all the same). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

力爭 (contend strongly, do all one can to, work hard for). (various references)

   

Danish

  

de deltagende stater betragter alle hverandres graenser,saavel som alle europaeiske staters graense,som ukraenkelige (the participating States regard as inviolable all one another's frontiers as well as the frontiers of all States in Europe). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

de deelnemende Staten beschouwen wederzijds al hun grenzen, alsmede de grenzen van alle Staten in Europa, als onschendbaar (the participating States regard as inviolable all one another's frontiers as well as the frontiers of all States in Europe). (various references)

   

French

  

les Etats participants tiennent mutuellement pour inviolables toutes leurs frontières ainsi que celles de tous les Etats d'Europe (the participating States regard as inviolable all one another's frontiers as well as the frontiers of all States in Europe), faire tout son possible (do all one possibly can, go all out). (various references)

   

German

  

wurscht, schnurz (all the same), piepegal, piepe, egal (all the same, equal, even, identic, identical, level, the same, wherever). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mindegy (all the same, it's all one, it's all the same, it's just the same, just the same, never mind). (various references)

   

Italian

  

unicolore (all one colour, monochromatical, unicoloured), gli Stati partecipanti considerano reciprocamente inviolabili tutte le loro frontiere nonchè le frontiere di tutti gli Stati in Europa (the participating States regard as inviolable all one another's frontiers as well as the frontiers of all States in Europe). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(all one has, height, length, measure, stature). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allay oneay

   

Romanian

  

perfect egal, indiferent (all the same, anywhere, apathetic, apathetical, careless, chill, cool, dull, impassive, indifferent, indifferently, inhuman, insensible, insensitive, lackadaisical, languid, listless, nonchalant, numb, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pococurante, reckless, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, stolid, unconcerned, unimportant, unmoved). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

все равно (all the same, do not care, don't care), безразлично (all the same, it makes no difference, lightly). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

todo uno. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

байдуже (all the same, aloof, blankly, cold-bloodedly, indifferently, vacantly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: ALL ONE

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 42, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPanteV esmen uioi enoV anqrwpou eirhnikoi esmen ouk eisin oi paideV sou kataskopoi
Latin405VulgateOmnes filii unius viri sumus pacifici venimus nec quicquam famuli tui machinantur mali
Middle English1395WyclifAlle the sones of o man we ben, pesibli we comen, ne thi seruauntis eny thing casten of yuel.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWe are all one mans sonnes and meane truely and thy seruauntes are no spies.
Jacobean English1611King JamesWe are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
Victorian English1833WebsterWe are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no spies.
Basic English1964OgdenWe are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

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Matched Bible Translations: ALL ONE

LanguageGenesis Chapter 42, Verse 11
CebuanoKaming tanan mga anak nga lalake sa usa ka tawo; kami mga tawo nga matuod: ang imong mga ulipon dili gayud mga tiktik.
Chinese我 們 都 是 一 個 人 的 ' 子 、 是 實 人 、 僕 人 們 並 不 是 奸 細 。
CroatianSvi smo sinovi jednog oca; pošteni smo ljudi; sluge tvoje nikad nisu bile uhode."
DanishVi er alle Sønner af en og samme Mand; vi er ærlige Folk. dine Trælle er ikke Spejdere!"
DutchWij allen zijn eens mans zonen; wij zijn vroom; uw knechten zijn geen verspieders.
FinnishMe olemme kaikki saman miehen poikia, olemme rehellisiä miehiä; palvelijasi eivät ole vakoojia."
FrenchNous sommes tous fils d`un même homme; nous sommes sincères, tes serviteurs ne sont pas des espions.
GermanWir sind alle eines Mannes Söhne; wir sind redlich, und deine Knechte sind nie Kundschafter gewesen.
Haitian CreoleNou tout nou se pitit yon sèl papa. Nou p'ap ba ou manti, se pa espyon nou ye.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKami ini bersaudara, Tuanku. Kami ini orang baik-baik, bukan mata-mata."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaPatik sekalian ini anak-anak sebapa jua dan patik ini orang benar, bukannya patik tuanku orang pengintai adanya.
ItalianNoi siamo tutti figli di un solo uomo. Noi siamo sinceri. I tuoi servi non sono spie!».
Korean우 리 " 다 한 사 람 의 아 " 로 서 독 실 한 자 니 종 " 은 탐 이 아 니 니 이 다'
MaoriHe tama katoa matou na te tangata kotahi; he hunga pono matou, ehara au pononga i te tutei.
NorwegianVi er alle sønner av én mann; vi er ærlige folk, dine tjenere er ikke speidere.
RumanianNoi toyi skntem fiii aceluiaw om; skntem oameni de treabq, robii tqi nu sknt iscoade.``
RussianНЩ ЧУЕ "ЕФЙ П"ОПЗП ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ; НЩ МА"Й ЮЕУФОЩЕ; ТБ'Щ ФЧПЙ ОЕ 'ЩЧБМЙ УПЗМС"БФБСНЙ.
SpanishTodos nosotros somos hijos de un mismo hombre. Somos hombres honestos; tus siervos no somos espías.
SwedishVi äro alla söner till en och samma man; vi äro redliga män, dina tjänare äro inga spejare."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: ALL ONE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-l-l-n-o"

-1 letter: alone, anole, llano.

-2 letters: aeon, aloe, elan, enol, lane, leal, lean, leno, loan, lone, noel, olea, olla.

-3 letters: ale, all, ane, ell, eon, lea, nae, ole, one.

-4 letters: ae, al, an, el, en, la, lo, na, ne, no, oe, on.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-l-n-o"
 

+1 letter: allonge, galleon, novella.

 

+2 letters: allonges, ballonet, ballonne, collagen, galleons, lanoline, loanable, longleaf, nonlegal, novellas, volplane.

 

+3 letters: allogenic, allophane, allophone, allotment, allowance, alpenglow, andouille, ballonets, ballonnes, ballooned, collagens, collegian, collinear, coralline, fellation, fellowman, gallonage, gallstone, halocline, lanolines, linoleate, lowlander, medaillon, medallion, nonlethal, nonlineal, nucleolar, organelle, planeload, pollinate, stonewall, unalloyed, unlovable, volplaned, volplanes.

 

+4 letters: allegation, allogeneic, allophanes, allophones, allotments, allowanced, allowances, alpenglows, andouilles, angelology, balneology, bankrolled, bankroller, belladonna, callowness, cancellous, cannelloni, cellophane, chancellor, chopfallen, citronella, collarbone, collegians, corallines, covalently, delusional, downfallen, enological, fallowness, fellations, floatplane, fontanelle, gallonages, gallstones, goldenseal, haloclines, insolvable, interlocal, inviolable, lanceolate, landholder, landlocked, linoleates, longleaves, lowlanders, malevolent, medaillons, medallions, melancholy, neoliberal, neonatally, neuroglial, nonallelic, nonlexical, nonliteral, nonsalable, oldfangled, organelles, orientally, personally, planeloads, pollinated, pollinates, polyvalent, potentilla, propellant, regionally, relational, sallowness, salmonella, seasonally, snowballed, solenoidal, stonewalls, tolerantly, unhallowed, unsolvable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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