all-or-nothing
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5.2
- adjective
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todo o nada
- Their relationship was an all-or-nothing situation, where they either committed fully or walked away.
- an all-or-nothing approach
And it's partly the culture is fulfilling that, that we're now seeing everything in like opposing terms, all or nothing terms, et cetera.
- And it's partly the culture is fulfilling that, that we're now seeing everything in like opposing terms, all or nothing terms, et cetera.
Examples
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I am and always have been the all-or-nothing type, and it goes into everything I do.
Blog text (32) -
A Flitter Queen, as you might imagine, is often an all-or-nothing person.
Blog text (8) -
And there are ways of asking without making it an all-or-nothing thing.
Blog text (22) -
I think where people get into trouble is when they have an all-or-nothing approach to their diet.
Blog text (30) -
I'm considering paying myself $20 a day for a month in an all-or-nothing sort of deal.
Blog text (20) -
Indeed, in political terms, Marxism has been an all-or-nothing theory.
Academic text (1990) -
The biggest difference between gambling and speculating is gambling's all-or-nothing aspect.
Academic text (2010) -
It's an all-or-nothing political stance, which condemns any partial effort as impeding fulfillment of the entire goal.
Academic text (1998) -
The project has turned into an all-or-nothing effort, meaning we either succeed completely or fail entirely.
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She always believed in an all-or-nothing approach to her goals, refusing to settle for less than total success.
Synonyms
12
4.2
Being fully committed to one plan with no compromise
1
7.0
Happening fully or not at all, with no partial result
A situation when you must give full effort or you get nothing
Antonyms
How Absolute
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
All-or-nothing is made from all ('everything') and nothing ('not anything'), with or showing the choice between them. So an all-or-nothing decision leaves no middle way — it happens completely or not at all.