all over English

Meaning all over meaning

What does all over mean?

all over

— adverb (= over) over the entire area the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers she ached all over everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot

— adverb (= everywhere, everyplace) to or in any or all places; ; ; ; ; ('everyplace' is used informally for 'everywhere') You find fast food stores everywhere people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem he carried a gun everywhere he went looked all over for a suitable gift

— adjective (= complete, ended, over, terminated) having come or been brought to a conclusion the harvesting was complete the affair is over, ended, finished the abruptly terminated interview

Synonyms all over synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as all over?

all over English » English

everywhere

all around

throughout

thoroughly

here and there

in all places

in every place

every place

over

far and wide

completely

at all points

wherever

terminated

around

altogether

all through

without exception

well

very much

right up

right down

overall

much

high and low

given up hope

given in

generally

finished

everyplace

ended

concluded

complete

bring to knees

all along

whole

various

universally

uniformly

totally

time

through

the whole body

surrounded

scatteringly

scattered about

right and left

places

over head and ears

on all sides

Topics all over topics

What do people use all over to talk about?

States Big Distance

Far

• What words indicate that something is far from something else?
  far far away far off afar far afield far and wide a far cry from far apart far removed distant be distant a long distance in the distance some distance a good distance a ways way off a long way (off) a long ways away a fair way quite a ways nowhere near miles (away) yonder wide of clear off all over asunder at arm's length on the horizon the ends of the earth uttermost parts of the earth

Examples all over examples

How do I use all over in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It is not rare at all to live over ninety years.

Shocked by the events of September 11th, politicians all over the world condemned the terrorists for their reprehensible deed.

What happened? There's water all over the apartment.

Movie subtitles

All the guys in my family and neighborhood have been drooling over her.

News and current affairs

Similar demands were heard all over Europe, where the anti-Nazi or anti-fascist resistance was often led by leftists, or indeed Communists, and prewar conservatives were frequently tainted by collaboration with fascist regimes.

The swing to the left, to social-democratic welfare states, occurred all over Western Europe.