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1all sorts of — see all kinds of above * * * all sorts of : a large number or variety of (things or people) : ↑many The movie appeals to all sorts of people. They ve been having all sorts of problems. [=they ve been having a lot of problems] • • • Main Entry:… …
2all sorts of — phrasal many different ; all kinds of < knows all sorts of people > …
3all sorts — all kinds, every type …
4it takes all sorts to make a world — 1620 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote II. vi. In the world there must bee of all sorts. 1767 S. JOHNSON Letter 17 Nov. (1952) I. 194 Some Lady surely might be found..in whose fidelity you might repose. The World, says Locke, has people of… …
5all kinds — all sorts, all types …
6all — all1 W1S1 [o:l US o:l] determiner, predeterminer, pron 1.) the whole of an amount, thing, or type of thing ▪ Have you done all your homework? all your life/all day/all year etc (=during the whole of your life, a day, a year etc) ▪ He had worked… …
7all — all1 W1S1 [o:l US o:l] determiner, predeterminer, pron 1.) the whole of an amount, thing, or type of thing ▪ Have you done all your homework? all your life/all day/all year etc (=during the whole of your life, a day, a year etc) ▪ He had worked… …
8all — /awl/, adj. 1. the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year. 2. the whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively): all students. 3. the greatest… …
9all — /ɔl / (say awl) adjective 1. the whole of (with reference to quantity, extent, duration, amount, or degree): all Australia; all the year round. 2. the whole number of (with reference to individuals or particulars, taken collectively): all women.… …
10all manner of — {adj. phr.}, {formal} Many different kinds of; all sorts of. * /In a five and ten cent store you can buy all manner of things./ …