all-time

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English

Etymology

From all +‎ time.

Adjective

all-time (not comparable)

  1. Of all time; unsurpassed up to the present time.
    Sales have reached an all-time low, so the business may have to declare bankruptcy.
    • 2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎:
      And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.
    • 2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 38:
      During the 1960s and 1970s, when both the quality of architecture and the appreciation of historic buildings reached an all-time low, British Railways was notorious for replacing good station buildings and canopies with little more than bus shelters, usually in conjunction with de-staffing.

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