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Definition of All-time
1. Adjective. Unsurpassed in some respect up to the present. "Among the all-time great lefthanders"
Definition of All-time
1. Adjective. unsurpassed up to the present time ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of All-time
Literary usage of All-time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"Time is not valued by the Asiatics as it is by Europeans; and all time-measuring
instruments are regarded for their beauty or their ingenuity, ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"We have no evidence of the expression in written English, except in reports of
speech. The as... as construction prevails in written English. all-time ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"... kt all time« difficult and even dangerous, on account •f the numerous rocks
and rapids which obstruct its course, is often rendered impossible by ..."
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