adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all-time greats
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Jack Nicklaus is one of golf’s all-time greats .
all-time low (= much lower or worse than ever before )
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Public confidence in the legal system is at an all-time low .
all-time/modern/design etc classic
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The play has become an American classic.
an all-time record
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The price of oil has hit an all-time record.
hit a peak/an all-time high etc
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Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s.
hit rock-bottom/an all-time low etc
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Oil prices have hit rock-bottom.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
classic
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Puzznic is destined to become an all-time classic in the Tetris/Klax mould, and no serious puzzle-player should be without it.
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A favourite of many and an all-time classic you can't afford to be without.
high
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It has shed more than 200 points since reaching an all-time high of 5, 689. 74 on April 3.
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Demand for water throughout Florida is at an all-time high .
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Today markets are opening all over the place, and stock prices are in many markets at all-time highs .
low
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It hit its all-time low of 5.5 million tons in 1932.
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From where she sits, morale looks to be at an all-time low .
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The stock is trading near its all-time low .
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Random acts of civility do appear to be at an all-time low .
record
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The exposure it received this year was an all-time record .
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That was 48 % up on the year before, and an all-time record .
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From 1980 to 1981 they rose a further 10 percent, to reach an all-time record .
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It's an all-time record befitting the 8 times champion jockey who once won 221 races in a season.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result, they've dragged down Freeserve's share price to an all-time closing low of 122p.
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Edward's affair and subsequent marriage to divorced Mrs Simpson had left the family's popularity at an all-time low.
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His all-time hero was John Wheatley, the health and housing minister.
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The exposure it received this year was an all-time record.
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The goal moved Lindros past Ilkka Sinisalo into ninth place on the Flyers' all-time list.