Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

be-all

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 6.33 in modern English

Syllables: be-all
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The whole; all that is to be.

Example Sentences

"That but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all!"
"Bowen also spoke of […] teaching her daughter to rely not just on a mother, but on a community. "No one person should try to be the be-all to another person. We must surround our children with people they can count on.""
"[…] to be happy with their lot in life, content with things as they are, things that may once have been be-alls and absolute end-alls but that lost their intoxication after five years, put them on automatic pilot after ten and became a prison after fifteen."

Inflected Forms

be-alls (plural)

Phrases

be-all and end-all end-all and be-all

Questions

What does be-all mean?: The whole; all that is to be.

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