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Definition: ALL ONE |
ALL ONE1. Of the same or equal nature, or consequence; as, he says that it is all one what course you take. --Shak. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | All one The same in effect. Answers the same purpose. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: ALL ONE |
| English words defined with "ALL ONE": To have one's handful. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ALL ONE": spamdex. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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![]() | 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. |
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| Author | Quotation |
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. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
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 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. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 | 丈 (all one has, height, length, measure, stature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allay oneay 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) все равно (all the same, do not care, don't care), безразлично (all the same, it makes no difference, lightly). (various references) todo uno. (various references) байдуже (all the same, aloof, blankly, cold-bloodedly, indifferently, vacantly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PanteV esmen uioi enoV anqrwpou eirhnikoi esmen ouk eisin oi paideV sou kataskopoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Omnes filii unius viri sumus pacifici venimus nec quicquam famuli tui machinantur mali |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Alle the sones of o man we ben, pesibli we comen, ne thi seruauntis eny thing casten of yuel. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | We are all one mans sonnes and meane truely and thy seruauntes are no spies. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | We are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no spies. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Kaming 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 。 |
| Croatian | Svi smo sinovi jednog oca; pošteni smo ljudi; sluge tvoje nikad nisu bile uhode." |
| Danish | Vi er alle Sønner af en og samme Mand; vi er ærlige Folk. dine Trælle er ikke Spejdere!" |
| Dutch | Wij allen zijn eens mans zonen; wij zijn vroom; uw knechten zijn geen verspieders. |
| Finnish | Me olemme kaikki saman miehen poikia, olemme rehellisiä miehiä; palvelijasi eivät ole vakoojia." |
| French | Nous sommes tous fils d`un même homme; nous sommes sincères, tes serviteurs ne sont pas des espions. |
| German | Wir sind alle eines Mannes Söhne; wir sind redlich, und deine Knechte sind nie Kundschafter gewesen. |
| Haitian Creole | Nou tout nou se pitit yon sèl papa. Nou p'ap ba ou manti, se pa espyon nou ye. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kami ini bersaudara, Tuanku. Kami ini orang baik-baik, bukan mata-mata." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Patik sekalian ini anak-anak sebapa jua dan patik ini orang benar, bukannya patik tuanku orang pengintai adanya. |
| Italian | Noi siamo tutti figli di un solo uomo. Noi siamo sinceri. I tuoi servi non sono spie!». |
| Korean | 우 리 " 다 한 사 람 의 아 " 로 서 독 실 한 자 니 종 " 은 탐 이 아 니 니 이 다' |
| Maori | He tama katoa matou na te tangata kotahi; he hunga pono matou, ehara au pononga i te tutei. |
| Norwegian | Vi er alle sønner av én mann; vi er ærlige folk, dine tjenere er ikke speidere. |
| Rumanian | Noi toyi skntem fiii aceluiaw om; skntem oameni de treabq, robii tqi nu sknt iscoade.`` |
| Russian | НЩ ЧУЕ "ЕФЙ П"ОПЗП ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ; НЩ МА"Й ЮЕУФОЩЕ; ТБ'Щ ФЧПЙ ОЕ 'ЩЧБМЙ УПЗМС"БФБСНЙ. |
| Spanish | Todos nosotros somos hijos de un mismo hombre. Somos hombres honestos; tus siervos no somos espías. |
| Swedish | Vi 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. | |
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. | |
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| 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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