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Definition: BE-ALL

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The whole; all that is to be.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Be-all" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1606. (references)

Common Expressions: BE-ALL

Expressions Definition
Be-all and end-all The essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Definition: BE-ALL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The whole; all that is to be.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BE-ALL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1606. (references)

Common Expressions: BE-ALL

ExpressionsDefinition
Be-all and end-allThe essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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