Be-all
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Be-all is a noun meaning (poetic) The whole; all that is to be.
Meaning
(poetic) 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.
Word Forms
- be-alls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lasting, alpha, alfa, university, issue, commonwealth.
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