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adverb

Definition of all overnext
1
as in everywhere
in every place or in all places I've looked all over—even outside—and I can't find my other shoe

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Relevance

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2
as in all
to a full extent or degree his writing style is his mentor's all over

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allover

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adjective

as in underlying

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Recent Examples of all over
Adverb
Makeup artist Jennifer Fleming suggests first applying a lip crayon in a similar hue all over. — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 14 Mar. 2025 Tiger and Vanessa have been supportive of their kid's golf dreams, attending various tournaments all over the country. — Natasha Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Its door has a high-arched frame and a decorative allover circular pattern made from plastic. — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2022 Take, for example, the resurgence of the allover pattern room. — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 25 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for all over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all over
  1. everywhere
  2. all
  3. underlying
  4. quite
  5. fully
  6. superposed
  7. totally
  8. perfectly
Adverb
  • Brewers everywhere are crafting some fantastic suds.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The spirit of caste is malignant and dangerous everywhere.
    — Margie Burns, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of everywhere
Adverb
  • Their first six losses were all against top-25 Kenpom teams before hitting hit a rough patch in January, losing against three teams that didn’t make the tournament — Stanford, Wake Forest and Pitt.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • He’s worked in newsrooms all across the country, including overseeing the USA TODAY sports department.
    — David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of all
Adjective
  • Last month, Texas announced the outbreak’s first death, a school-age child who was not vaccinated and had no underlying conditions.
    — Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This multi-faceted approach addresses both immediate needs and underlying causes of homelessness.
    — Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of underlying
Adverb
  • This is quite intriguing because, typically, specialists fear losing their jobs to technology.
    — Alexandr Khomich, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Will Smith can always count on his family to have his back — quite literally!
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of quite
Adverb
  • With Chase now locked up for the next few years, the Bengals are fully focused on going after a title.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • National Park Service needs at least 15% to as much as 25% more staff on the ground in order to fully meet its mandate.
    — Conor Knighton, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of fully
Adjective
  • Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.
    — Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021
Definition of superposed
Adverb
  • So far this spring, Sasaki has been totally dominant in his appearances.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Trust us—both you and your kids will be totally spent after the party, no matter how much sleep everyone gets.
    — ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of totally
Adverb
  • Just like in racing, where every component must be perfectly tuned, in tailoring, the fit and craftsmanship make all the difference.
    — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Is there a movie genre more perfectly suited to the couch co-op treatment than the teen slasher?
    — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of perfectly

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