all in all

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

all in all (not comparable)

1. (modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered

   All in all, it's not a bad little restaurant.

Synonyms

• (generally): for the most part, mostly, on the whole, altogether, in all, summa summarum; see also Thesaurus:mostly

Translations

generally

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總的來說／总的来说 (zh) (zǒngdeláishuō), 总的来说 (zh) (zǒng de lái shuō), 總而言之／总而言之 (zh) (zǒng'éryánzhī), 总而言之 (zh) (zǒng'éryánzhī)

• Danish: alt i alt
• Dutch: al met al (nl)
• Finnish: kaiken kaikkiaan (fi), kaikkiaan (fi)
• French: l’un dans l’autre (fr), tout compte fait (fr)
• Galician: en xeral
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• German: alles in allem
• Greek: όταν ληφθούν όλα υπόψιν (ótan lifthoún óla ypópsin)
• Italian: tutto sommato (it), nel complesso
• Korean: 일반적으로 (ilbanjeogeuro)
• Norwegian: alt i alt
• Portuguese: de todo
• Russian: в о́бщем (ru) (v óbščem), в це́лом (ru) (v célom), в ито́ге (ru) (v itóge), в коне́чном счёте (v konéčnom sčóte)

Noun

all in all (uncountable)

1. Everything that matters; the only thing of importance.
   • 1828, Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby, Yes and No: a Tale of the Day, page 12:

     Her mother had been all in all to her: she had never seemed to have any separate existence from that of her child.