Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Exceeding all others up to the present time.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective unsurpassed in some respect up to the present.

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  • adjective unsurpassed up to the present time

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  • adjective unsurpassed in some respect up to the present

Etymologies

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all + time

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Examples

  • There have been 250 in the American and National leagues all-time, which is roughly a couple a year.

    'No-No' Doesn't Necessarily Mean No Scoring 2011

  • In 1952, 75 percent of Americans told Gallup pollsters that religion was “very important” in their lives, an all-time record.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • In that group, weekly church attendance skyrocketed from 31 percent in February 1950 to an all-time record for young adults of 51 percent in April 1957, an astonishing rate of change in seven years, implying millions of new churchgoers every year.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • A little sad that I did not do quite as much as I wanted to in boxing, but very honored to be with those all-time greats.

    Boxing Legend a New Yorker 'Until...I Die' Gordon Marino 2011

  • According to a September 2010 report by Nielsen, a media measurement firm, the Pandora app is a top-five-most-used app across all four major smartphone platforms in the U.S.; in January, the Pandora app was the No. 2 all-time downloaded free iPhone app and the No. 1 all-time downloaded free iPad app, according to Apple.

    Pandora Raises IPO's Size Lynn Cowan 2011

  • My transformation was complete, my popularity at an all-time high.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • The BOE on Thursday kept its key rate on hold at an all-time low of 0.5% for the 27th straight month.

    U.K. Data Underscore Weakness Alex Brittain 2011

  • Chief Wilson holds the all-time record, hitting 36 for the 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates.

    Reyes Is Legging Out Triples at an Alarming Rate 2011

  • Another way: Increase household assets by $20.4 trillion, a 30% gain that would all but wipe out real estate losses and take the stock market to a new all-time high.

    By the Numbers 2011

  • Another way: Increase household assets by $20.4 trillion, a 30% gain that would all but wipe out real estate losses and take the stock market to a new all-time high.

    Fed's Unease, Romney's Pass, China Surprise 2011

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