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| all told |
including everyone or everything; counting all. |
| alone |
separate from everyone or everything else; solitary. [1/5 definitions] |
| carry one's weight |
to work and produce results as well as everyone else; contribute one's fair share to some effort. |
| curfew |
a rule or law that establishes a time after which everyone, or everyone of a particular class or group, must be off the street and inside for the night. [1/2 definitions] |
| egalitarian |
of, pertaining to, based on, or characterized by belief in the principle of equal rights for everyone. [2 definitions] |
| equal |
the same for everyone. [1/6 definitions] |
| other |
(pl.) everyone aside from oneself or the person who is mentioned; everyone else. [1/14 definitions] |
| potluck |
a meal to which everyone brings a prepared dish to share. [1/2 definitions] |
| restrictive |
in grammar, restricting the meaning of an element such as a word or phrase, as "who is here" restricts the meaning of "everyone" in the sentence "Everyone who is here is protected". [1/3 definitions] |
| universal |
including, affecting, or on the part of everyone. [1/6 definitions] |
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