all-time

[ awl-tahym ]

/ ˈɔlˌtaɪm /

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adjective

never surpassed or greater: Production will reach an all-time high.

regarded as such in its entire history: an all-time favorite song.

Nearby words

all-sorts, all-star, all-state, all-terrain bike, all-terrain vehicle, all-time, all-weather, all-wheel drive, all-year, alla breve, alla marcia

Origin of all-time

First recorded in 1910–15

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Examples from the Web for all-time

Some dried cranberries for tartness and a sprinkle of sea salt make these my all-time favorite cookies.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies|Ina Garten|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to Gallup, a mere 24 percent identify themselves as Republicans—an all-time low.
Reality Check: There Are No Swing Voters|Goldie Taylor|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And I knew she wrote for The Office, which is one of my all-time favorites, so I knew I wanted to work with her.
Inside the Mind of The Mindy Project’s Resident Weirdo, Ike Barinholtz|Kevin Fallon|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From Janay Rice to Christy Mack to Rihanna, our obsession with celebrity victims has reached an all-time high.
Why We're So Hard on Janay Rice and Celebrity Survivors of Abuse|Amy Zimmerman|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Indeed, in some surveys pessimism about the next generation stands at an all-time high.
Class Issues, Not Race, Will Likely Seal the Next Election|Joel Kotkin|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Farm exports are setting an all-time record each year, and farm income last year, net farm income, was up more than 25 percent.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
The inflationary pressures on prices and rents, with relatively few exceptions, are now at an all-time peak.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman|Harry S. Truman
It is certain that the population of woodrats was high, if not at an all-time peak, in 1947.
Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana|Henry S. Fitch
The number of Americans at work has reached an all-time high.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
From his days as baseball's all-time homerun king to his recent acts of healing, he has always brought Americans together.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various

British Dictionary definitions for all-time

all-time

adjective

(prenominal) informal unsurpassed in some respect at a particular timean all-time record at the Olympics

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Word Origin and History for all-time

all-time

adj.

"during recorded time," 1910, American English, from all + time (n.). Earlier it had been used in a sense "full-time," of employment, or in opposition to one-time (1883).

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