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.
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Origin of all-time
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby all-time
all the time, all the way, All the world's a stage, all the worse, all thumbs, all-time, all told, all to the good, allude, all up, allure
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all-time
adjective
(prenominal) informal unsurpassed in some respect at a particular timean all-time record at the Olympics
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