all-time

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adjective

1. never surpassed:

   Production has reached an all-time high.

2. being as specified throughout its history:

   The game’s perfect balance of learning and enjoyment has earned it a place among the all-time gems of the genre.

all-time

adjective

1. informal.
   prenominal unsurpassed in some respect at a particular time

   an all-time record at the Olympics

Word History and Origins

Origin of all-time¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Some dried cranberries for tartness and a sprinkle of sea salt make these my all-time favorite cookies.

From The Daily Beast

According to Gallup, a mere 24 percent identify themselves as Republicans—an all-time low.

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

From Janay Rice to Christy Mack to Rihanna, our obsession with celebrity victims has reached an all-time high.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, in some surveys pessimism about the next generation stands at an all-time high.

From The Daily Beast

That work was led by my personal all-time hero, a guy named Alan Turing, who pretty much invented computers as we know them today.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps on account of their all-time scarcity in our State, the early Indians seldom killed the Original.

From Project Gutenberg

It is certain that the population of woodrats was high, if not at an all-time peak, in 1947.

From Project Gutenberg

In this respect, Verdi's experience supplies a splendid all-time lesson.

From Project Gutenberg

From this lofty outpost of the moor, if he stayed there, our all-time enemy certainly had a wide lookout.

From Project Gutenberg