all told

adverb

Definition of all toldnext
as in collectively
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time all told, we made $14.64

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all told
  1. collectively
  2. overall
  3. all around
Adverb
  • Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Between 2015 and 2024, the seven stocks collectively earned an eye-popping 698%, nearly four times the return for the S&P 500 as a whole, according to The Motley Fool.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of collectively
Adverb
  • Another sellout crowd at Chase Center cheered the team to its 15th win in the last 17 games overall — among those fans Warriors star Stephen Curry, son Canon, and some teammates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Today's spacewalk will be the 282nd overall in the long history of the ISS.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of overall
Adverb
  • Audiences are giving it an 86% so this isn’t just a critical darling, but a popular movie all around.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Over the years, the park’s canopy of palm, banyan and black olive trees has remained, a surviving slice of nature in the middle of a concrete jungle, even as more high-rises pop up all around.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of all around
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