all-time
- adjective
- /ˈɔl taɪm/
- -It's my favorite movie of all time.
- an all-time high
- an all-time low
- reach an all-time high
You know who's your all time favorite baseball player?
- You know who's your all time favorite baseball player?
- This is the same range as my all time favourite in Bare Bud.
- Today we are welcoming back one of my all time favorite guests.
- Today is one of my all time favorite episodes.
- It's one of the all time greatest things I've ever heard.
- I want to hear the story of your favorite all time snow day.
- You're taking the all time high as the yardstick, right?
Examples
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It's my favorite TV show of all time.
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One of the top five NBA scorers of all time, with a total of 29,277 points.
Fiction book (2001) -
But it's just gone to an all time high.
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And let me say this is the greatest film of all time.
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Today is one of my all time favorite episodes.
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It's one of the all time greatest things I've ever heard.
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We've got Dream Phone out, one of my all time favorite games.
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In 2004, the number reached an all-time high of 9.7 million.
Academic text (2006) -
The percentage of obese children in the United States is at an all-time high.
Academic text (2005) -
His achievement in the championship is regarded as the greatest all-time sporting performance.
Synonyms
A phrase people use to say someone or something is the best ever
Better than all others in quality or importance
Being better or more impressive than anything else
Better than any other person or thing
So good that no one can do better
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Etymology
All-time is made of two common words: all ('every' or 'whole') and time ('the past up to now'), so it literally means covering 'all' of 'time' up to the present. That's why an all-time record is the highest, best, or worst ever recorded.