all-timeadj.

Brit.

/ˌɔːlˈtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈɔlˈˌtaɪm/,

/ˈɑlˈˌtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adj., time n.

Etymology: < all adj. + time n.

1. Enduring; timeless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring

longeOE

longsomeeOE

long of lifeOE

lastinga1225

cleaving1340

continualc1340

dwellingc1380

long-livinga1382

everlastingc1384

long-duringa1387

long-lasting?a1400

long-liveda1400

broadc1400

permanable?c1422

perseverant?a1425

permanentc1425

perdurable?a1439

continuedc1440

abiding1448

unremoved1455

eternalc1460

long-continued1464

continuing1526

long-enduring1527

enduring1532

immortal1538

diuturn?1541

veterated1547

resiant?1567

stayinga1568

well-wearinga1568

substantive1575

pertinacious1578

extant1581

ceaseless1590

marble1596

of length1597

longeval1598

diuturnal1599

nine-lived1600

chronic1601

unexhausted1602

chronical1604

endurable1607

continuant1610

indeflourishing1610

aged1611

indurant1611

continuatea1616

perennious1628

seculara1631

undiscontinueda1631

continuated1632

untransitory1632

long-spun1633

momently1641

stative1643

outliving1645

constant1653

long-descended1660

voluminousa1661

perduring1664

perdurant1671

livelong1673

perennial1676

longeve1678

consequential1681

unquenched1703

lifelong1746

momentary1755

inveterate1780

stabile1797

persistent1826

unpassing1831

all-time1846

year-long1846

teak-built1847

lengthful1855

long-term1867

long haul1873

sticky1879

week-to-week1879

perenduring1883

long-range1885

longish1889

long-time1902

long run1904

long-life1915

1846 G. Stephens Dramas for Stage I. p. vii That mole-eyed superciliousness which confounds certain ephemeral conditions of the theatre with the ‘all-time’ interests of the British drama.

1896 Literary World 2 Oct. 265/1 Tales that..embody a minimum of literal fact can still be treated as fraught with all-time significance.

1902 F. J. Crowest Musicians' Wit, Humour, & Anecd. i. 211 Mozart..and others have bequeathed precepts relating to their art which cannot fail to have an all-time value.

1962 Pinedale (Wyoming) Roundup 25 Jan. Herbert Hoover recognized the all-time importance of bread in our civilization.

1982 G. A. F. Knight Psalms 25 The greatness of the Psalms..lies in their having a universal and all-time message.

2011 Dalal Street Investm. Jrnl. (Nexis) 26 Aug. This model is sustainable and well-conceived, and it is an institution with all-time relevance.

2. Sport (originally and chiefly North American). Designating a player considered to be the best (in their position) in the history of a specified sport or of a particular team. Also: designating a (notional) team made up of such players. Cf. all-timer n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [adjective] > by ability

strongOE

scrub1867

all-star1889

stiff1890

first string1892

plus1906

match-winning1908

all-time1910

seeded1922

front line1939

sharpshooting1948

world-class1950

uncapped1955

storming1961

1910 Cent. Mag. Feb. 594 (heading) An All-Time All-America Foot-Ball Team.

1931 Lit. Digest 14 Feb. 36/2 Babe Ruth's ‘personal observations’ of his all-time all-star first baseman were legal enough.

1987 C. Phillips European Tribe iii. 34 We switched to soccer and the great teams of the 1960s and 1970s... We then turned to the ritual drawing up of our all-time world eleven.

2006 W. Theodore De Bary Living Legacies at Columbia v. xxxix. 565 He became the all-time player at that position, which he played unfailingly through broken bones, split fingers, aches, pains, and menacing beanballs.

3. Originally U.S. Of or relating to all time up to the present; esp. (of a record, figure, level, etc.) currently unsurpassed or unequalled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adjective] > relating to all times

omnitemporal1883

all-time1929

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > breaking records

record-breaking1883

record1886

all-time1929

1929 Cleveland Trust Company Business Bull. 15 Feb. Years which do not show new all-time high records are rarer than those which do.

1933 Sat. Evening Post 10 June 61 Brings cost of power to new all-time low.

1950 Life 29 May 96 (advt.) Enjoy this happy combination of America's two all-time favorite soda fountain flavors—Cola and Horlicks.

1959 Observer 29 Mar. 3/3 The market in industrial equities had soared by the end of 1958 to an all-time peak.

1993 Chicago Tribune 19 June ii. 6/3 Earlier this season he became college baseball's all-time winningest manager.

2008 New Scientist 19 Jan. 40/2 The point at which oil production hits an all-time high then goes into terminal decline.

4. Of a job, task, etc.: that fills or takes up all of one's time. Cf. full time n. 1 Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [adjective] > full- or part-time

full time1834

full-timed1853

part-time1856

all-time1930

1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham i. i. 4 An all-time job with a garrulous advertisement contractor.

1935 H. G. Wells Things to Come xii. 113 I loved you—but loving you was an all-time task.

1940 G. Arthur Concerning Winston Spencer Churchill 158 The charge of the Duchy of Lancaster was far from an all-time job.

1951 H. W. Tilman China to Chitral x. 120 It is a manly occupation... But with the best will in the world it cannot be made an all-time job.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	all-time
释义	all-timeadj. Brit. /ˌɔːlˈtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈɔlˈˌtaɪm/, /ˈɑlˈˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adj., time n. Etymology: < all adj. + time n. 1. Enduring; timeless. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 1846 G. Stephens Dramas for Stage I. p. vii That mole-eyed superciliousness which confounds certain ephemeral conditions of the theatre with the ‘all-time’ interests of the British drama. 1896 Literary World 2 Oct. 265/1 Tales that..embody a minimum of literal fact can still be treated as fraught with all-time significance. 1902 F. J. Crowest Musicians' Wit, Humour, & Anecd. i. 211 Mozart..and others have bequeathed precepts relating to their art which cannot fail to have an all-time value. 1962 Pinedale (Wyoming) Roundup 25 Jan. Herbert Hoover recognized the all-time importance of bread in our civilization. 1982 G. A. F. Knight Psalms 25 The greatness of the Psalms..lies in their having a universal and all-time message. 2011 Dalal Street Investm. Jrnl. (Nexis) 26 Aug. This model is sustainable and well-conceived, and it is an institution with all-time relevance. 2. Sport (originally and chiefly North American). Designating a player considered to be the best (in their position) in the history of a specified sport or of a particular team. Also: designating a (notional) team made up of such players. Cf. all-timer n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [adjective] > by ability strongOE scrub1867 all-star1889 stiff1890 first string1892 plus1906 match-winning1908 all-time1910 seeded1922 front line1939 sharpshooting1948 world-class1950 uncapped1955 storming1961 1910 Cent. Mag. Feb. 594 (heading) An All-Time All-America Foot-Ball Team. 1931 Lit. Digest 14 Feb. 36/2 Babe Ruth's ‘personal observations’ of his all-time all-star first baseman were legal enough. 1987 C. Phillips European Tribe iii. 34 We switched to soccer and the great teams of the 1960s and 1970s... We then turned to the ritual drawing up of our all-time world eleven. 2006 W. Theodore De Bary Living Legacies at Columbia v. xxxix. 565 He became the all-time player at that position, which he played unfailingly through broken bones, split fingers, aches, pains, and menacing beanballs. 3. Originally U.S. Of or relating to all time up to the present; esp. (of a record, figure, level, etc.) currently unsurpassed or unequalled. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adjective] > relating to all times omnitemporal1883 all-time1929 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > breaking records record-breaking1883 record1886 all-time1929 1929 Cleveland Trust Company Business Bull. 15 Feb. Years which do not show new all-time high records are rarer than those which do. 1933 Sat. Evening Post 10 June 61 Brings cost of power to new all-time low. 1950 Life 29 May 96 (advt.) Enjoy this happy combination of America's two all-time favorite soda fountain flavors—Cola and Horlicks. 1959 Observer 29 Mar. 3/3 The market in industrial equities had soared by the end of 1958 to an all-time peak. 1993 Chicago Tribune 19 June ii. 6/3 Earlier this season he became college baseball's all-time winningest manager. 2008 New Scientist 19 Jan. 40/2 The point at which oil production hits an all-time high then goes into terminal decline. 4. Of a job, task, etc.: that fills or takes up all of one's time. Cf. full time n. 1 Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [adjective] > full- or part-time full time1834 full-timed1853 part-time1856 all-time1930 1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham i. i. 4 An all-time job with a garrulous advertisement contractor. 1935 H. G. Wells Things to Come xii. 113 I loved you—but loving you was an all-time task. 1940 G. Arthur Concerning Winston Spencer Churchill 158 The charge of the Duchy of Lancaster was far from an all-time job. 1951 H. W. Tilman China to Chitral x. 120 It is a manly occupation... But with the best will in the world it cannot be made an all-time job. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1846
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