Meanings
adjectiveall-party (not comparable)
- not comparablegovernmentInvolving or relating to all political parties.
In particular, this all-party group of MPs has been scathing about the decision-making process, which has resulted in the Department of Transport having no ideas as to how "HS2 will operate as a functioning railway following recent changes".
2024 February 21, Christian Wolmar, “A 'tsar' needs to get to grips with High Speed 2... quickly”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 52
Origin
From all- + party. First attested in the 1900s.
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all-party. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-party
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