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all and sundry

all and sun·dry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [awl and suhn-dree]
    • /ɔl ænd ˈsʌn dri/
    • /ɔːl ənd ˈsʌn.dri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awl and suhn-dree]
    • /ɔl ænd ˈsʌn dri/

Definitions of all and sundry words

  • phrase all and sundry All and sundry means everyone. 3
  • noun all and sundry all the various people, individually and collectively 3
  • adjective all and sundry various or diverse: sundry persons. 1
  • idioms all and sundry all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually: Free samples were given to all and sundry. 1
  • pronoun all and sundry (collectively) All; everyone. 0
  • pronoun all and sundry (separately) Each one. 0
See all 6 definitions of all and sundry

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Origin of all and sundry

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English syndrig private, separate, equivalent to syndr- (mutated form of sundor asunder) + -ig -y1; akin to sunder

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Parts of speech for All and sundry

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of All and sundry

all and sundry popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for all and sundry

noun all and sundry

  • all — You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.
  • anybody — Anybody means the same as anyone.
  • generality — an indefinite, unspecific, or undetailed statement: to speak in generalities about human rights.
  • masses — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
  • people — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
All 6 Synonyms of all and sundry

Antonyms for all and sundry

pronoun all and sundry

  • nobody — a person of no importance, influence, or power.
Just one Antonym for all and sundry

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