Definition of 'all-time'

all-time

adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]

You use all-time when you are comparing all the things of a particular type that there have ever been. For example, if you say that something is the all-time best, you mean that it is the best thing of its type that there has ever been.

The president's popularity nationally is at an all-time low.

She is my all-time favourite artist.

Synonyms: unequalled, record, unique, exceptional More Synonyms of all-time

all-time in British

adjective

(prenominal) informal

unsurpassed in some respect at a particular time

an all-time record at the Olympics

all-time in American

(ˈɔlˌtaɪm ; ôlˈtīmˌ)

adjective

unsurpassed up to the present time

an all-time record

Example sentences containing 'all-time'

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Public trust in charities has crashed to an all-time low. The Sun (2017)IT has been a sad year for music with many all-time greats passing away. The Sun (2016)Then admitted he was gutted to lose the club's all-time goalscoring record. The Sun (2017)What's her all-time favourite product launch? Times, Sunday Times (2016)The group's most recent data shows that phishing is at an all-time high. Computing (2010)Drug deaths in Britain are an at all-time high. Times, Sunday Times (2016)I am 34 and at an all-time low. The Sun (2016)But his chance to be an all-time great has bit the dust. The Sun (2014)Who is your favourite all-time celebrity dancer? The Sun (2012)The list of all-time gloomy hits is depressingly long. Times, Sunday Times (2006)Financial giving is at an all-time high. Christianity Today (2000)That was another all-time record in the heptathlon. The Sun (2012)Some firms have hit all-time lows in the credit crunch and are set for a rebound. The Sun (2009)This is one of my all-time favourites. The Sun (2012)So where does that goal rank on his all-time list? Times, Sunday Times (2009)England know what an all-time low is like. Times, Sunday Times (2014)I think it will mean that the interest will be at an all-time high. The Sun (2009)Talking of films, my all-time favourite is. Times, Sunday Times (2009)We lost an all-time great. The Sun (2011)Three weeks to the day after the increase was implemented, oil prices struck an all-time record. Times, Sunday Times (2007)Local Hero is my all-time favourite film. Times, Sunday Times (2008)Victory in the final would confirm him as one of cricket's all-time great leaders. The Sun (2015)My all-time favourite holiday was a family trip to Borneo. Times, Sunday Times (2014)She's one of my top two all-time great beauties. Times, Sunday Times (2007)It's one of my all-time favourite places. Times, Sunday Times (2008)While more buttons become undone, his strides are at all-time high. The Sun (2014)They are still finding it hard to work as a team, and their relationship with the villagers plummets to an all-time low. Times, Sunday Times (2007)I'm just concerned her confidence is at an all-time low. The Sun (2011)And while that legendary trio will always rank highly on the all-time greats list, it is difficult and unfair to compare them with the current generation. The Sun (2009)

Translations for 'all-time'

British English: all-time ADJECTIVE

You use all-time when you are comparing all the things of a particular type that there have ever been.

The president's popularity nationally is at an all-time low.

American English: all-time
Brazilian Portuguese: de todos os tempos
Chinese: 空前的
European Spanish: de todos los tiempos
French: sans précédent
German: aller Zeiten
Italian: assoluto
Japanese: 空前の
Korean: 시대를 초월한
European Portuguese: de todos os tempos
Spanish: de todos los tiempos

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Definition of all-time from the Collins English Dictionary

Tense

We use verbs to talk about actions and states. Verbs tenses allow us to talk about the time when the action or state takes place. All main verbs have two simple tenses, the present simple and the ...