The president's popularity nationally is at an all-time low...
Duane Eddy is John Peel's all-time favourite artist.
English dictionary. 2008.
all-time — ˈall time adjective all time low/high/peak/record the lowest or highest that something has ever been: • The news caused the dollar to fall to an all time low against the euro. • Orders rose 35% to an all time high for May. * * * all time UK US … Financial and business terms
all-time — adj. 1. unsurpassed in some respect up to the present. prices at an all time high; morale at an all time low; among the all time great lefthanders [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
all-time — (adj.) during recorded time, 1910, American English, from ALL (Cf. all) + TIME (Cf. time) (n.). Earlier it had been used in a sense full time, of employment, or in opposition to one time (1883) … Etymology dictionary
all-time — adj used when you compare things to say that one of them is the best, worst etc that there has ever been an all time high/low ▪ The price of wheat had reached an all time low. ▪ They reached an all time record score … Dictionary of contemporary English
all-time — all ,time adjective only before noun used for comparing someone or something with all the other people or things of the same type that have ever existed: Bogart has got to be one of the all time greats. Interest rates are at an all time high … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
all-time — all′ time adj. 1) never equaled or surpassed: Production will reach an all time high[/ex] 2) regarded as such in its entire history: an all time favorite song Etymology: 1910–15 … From formal English to slang
all-time — [ôl′tīm΄] adj. unsurpassed up to the present time [an all time record] … English World dictionary
all-time — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ hitherto unsurpassed: the all time record … English terms dictionary
all-time — [adj] unsurpassed and permanent best, champion, enduring, everlasting, perpetual; concepts 574,798 … New thesaurus
all-time — adjective unsurpassed in some respect up to the present (Freq. 1) prices at an all time high morale at an all time low among the all time great lefthanders • Similar to: ↑incomparable, ↑uncomparable * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ … Useful english dictionary
