in all

prepositional phrase

With everything included, considered or counted.

“There were twenty-one in all.”

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. With everything included, considered or counted.

    There were twenty-one in all.

    1 more example

    We are thirteen in all, not counting the children.

    Synonyms: all told, altogether, all in all

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseWith everything included, considered or counted.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbwith everything included or counted

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

in all. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20all

MLA

“in all.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20all. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in all,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20all.

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