all that

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

all that (uncountable)

  1. That, and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on, et cetera. [from 15th c.]
    • 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Five Canto's. [sic], Second Edition, London: Bernard Lintott, Canto III, p. 20[1]:
      Snuff, or the Fan, supply each Pauſe of Chat,
      With ſinging, laughing, ogling, and all that.
    • 1809, Lord Byron, letter (to Henry Drury), 25 Jun 1809:
      He has been all among the worshippers of Fire in Persia and has seen Persepolis and all that.

Pronoun[edit]

all that

  1. The exact amount, quantity, or level referred to.
    She's not as smart as all that.

Adjective[edit]

all that (not comparable)

  1. (US, slang) Of especially good quality; particularly excellent. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

all that

  1. (idiomatic, in negative constructions) Very.
    We do not have all that much time to finish.
    • 2023 March 8, James R. Schmalenberg, Life Really Isn’t All That Complicated: But You Do Have To Think, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 13:
      By now, I hope that you are getting the message that life really isn't all that complicated.