of all time

English

Prepositional phrase

of all time

1. Ever.

   That was the best movie of all time!

   • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     “I am completely full. You cooked such a delicious meal. That was one of your top fifty quiches of all time. Now, come on, let me do the washing-up tonight.”

Usage notes

• Used in conjunction with a superlative adjective.
• (Internet slang, humorous, ironic) Occasionally used without a superlative to imply mediocrity or unremarkability by ironically noting its mere existence.

  That was one of the movies of all time.

Derived terms

• BOAT
• GOAT
• OAT
• WOAT

 

Related terms

• all-time

 

Translations

ever

• Dutch: aller tijden
• Esperanto: el ĉiuj tempoj
• Finnish: ikinä (fi), kaikkien aikojen
• French: de tous les temps (fr)
• Georgian: ყველა დროის (q̇vela drois)
• German: aller Zeiten (feminine genitive plural), (translating common English usage) bisher (de)
• Italian: di tutti i tempi
• Polish: wszech czasów (pl)
• Portuguese: de todos os tempos, de sempre
• Russian: всех времён (vsex vremjón), за всё вре́мя (za vsjo vrémja)
• Spanish: de todos los tiempos
• Swedish: genom tiderna

See also

• at all time

Further reading

• “of all time”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “of all time”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “of all time” (US) / “of all time” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.