Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

all one

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 6.19 in modern English

Syllables: al-l one
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A matter of indifference; a matter involving a distinction without a difference; a matter having no importance or consequence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: all the same, monolithic, of a kind, of a piece, cut from the same cloth"
"But what care I? I care not an she were a black-a-moor; 'tis all one to me."
"Near or distant, blood or water, it's all one."
"And sometimes he had some preliminary information to help him, and sometimes he had not. And it was all one, really. It was about as useful as information trying to convey the locality and intentions of a cloud."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

same difference

Frequently Paired Words

same difference

Synonyms

all the same monolithic of a kind of a piece cut from the same cloth

Questions

What does all one mean?: A matter of indifference; a matter involving a distinction without a difference; a matter having no importance or consequence.

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