all-time

adjective

Of all time; unsurpassed up to the present time.

“Sales have reached an all-time low, so the business may have to declare bankruptcy.”

Meanings

adjectiveall-time (not comparable)

alternative alltime

  1. not comparableOf all time; unsurpassed up to the present time.

    Sales have reached an all-time low, so the business may have to declare bankruptcy.

    2 more examples

    And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.

    2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport

    During the 1960s and 1970s, when both the quality of architecture and the appreciation of historic buildings reached an all-time low, British Railways was notorious for replacing good station buildings and canopies with little more than bus shelters, usually in conjunction with de-staffing.

    2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 38

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveunsurpassed in some respect up to the present

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Finnish kaikkien aikojen
  • kaikkien aikojenof all time
Hungarian minden idők
  • minden időkof all time
Spanish vitalicio
  • vitalicioof all time
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APA

all-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-time

MLA

“all-time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-time. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all-time,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-time.

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