all that

1 of 2

adverb

: to an indicated or suggested extent or degree : so
didn't take his threats all that seriously

all that

2 of 2

phrase

: everything of the kind indicated
tact, discretion, and all that

Examples of all that in a Sentence

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Adverb
And on top of all that, 28 Years Later is just a blast. David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025 At the Brainstorm event, Kurian laid out Google Cloud’s three-pronged approach to ensuring that there will be enough energy to meet all that demand. Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025 Then comes the plan economy of communism, with these block buildings and control and all that stuff, and then raw capitalism after that, the most vulgar version of capitalism. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025 Somehow, the feline had miraculously survived all that time alone in the Northern Rockies in good health, CBC reported. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all that

Word History

First Known Use

Adverb

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all that was in 1945

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“All that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20that. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.

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