All-American | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of all-American in English all-Americanadjective uk /ˌɔːl.əˈmer.ɪ.kən/ us /ˌɑːl.əˈmer.ɪ.kən/

all-American adjective (TYPICALLY AMERICAN)

Add to word list Add to word list considered to be typical of the US, and respected and approved of by Americans: He was the perfect image of a clean-cut, all-American boy. Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities

• Afghan
• Albanian
• Algerian
• an
• Andorran
• Gambian
• Georgian
• Ghanaian
• Gibraltarian
• greek
• Nicaraguan
• Nigerian
• Nigerien
• non-African
• non-American
• Turkmen
• Tuvaluan
• Ugandan
• UK
• Ukrainian

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all-American adjective (WHOLE COUNTRY)

involving people or things from everywhere in the US: an all-American talent contest/business consortium Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities

• Afghan
• Albanian
• Algerian
• an
• Andorran
• Gambian
• Georgian
• Ghanaian
• Gibraltarian
• greek
• Nicaraguan
• Nigerian
• Nigerien
• non-African
• non-American
• Turkmen
• Tuvaluan
• Ugandan
• UK
• Ukrainian

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all-American adjective (SPORT)

US used to refer to an amateur sports person from the US who is considered to be one of the best in their sport: an all-American football player Winners & losers

• bad loser
• be a slam dunk idiom
• champion
• co-champion
• co-leader
• co-winner
• dark horse
• dead man walking idiom
• leader
• leaderboard
• loser
• medallist
• nontitle
• number two
• record holder
• reigning
• shoo-in
• slam dunk
• victor
• winner

See more results » all-Americannoun [ C ]   US uk /ˌɔːl.əˈmer.ɪ.kən/ us /ˌɑːl.əˈmer.ɪ.kən/ an amateur sports person from the US who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport: The team was led by an all-American from Yale. Winners & losers

• bad loser
• be a slam dunk idiom
• champion
• co-champion
• co-leader
• co-winner
• dark horse
• dead man walking idiom
• leader
• leaderboard
• loser
• medallist
• nontitle
• number two
• record holder
• reigning
• shoo-in
• slam dunk
• victor
• winner

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all-American | American Dictionary

all-Americanadjective us /ˌɔl·əˈmer·ɪ·kən/ Add to word list Add to word list having or showing the values that are typical of the US, or made up completely of the best American things or people: He made the all-American team in his last two years of college.

all-American

noun [ C ] (also All-American) us /ˌɔl·əˈmer·ɪ·kən/ He was a great athlete, and an academic all-American as well. (Definition of all-American from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of all-American?

Translations of all-American

in Chinese (Traditional) 典型美國式的, 具有典型的美國理念的, 為美國人所崇尚的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 典型美国式的, 具有典型的美国理念的, 为美国人所崇尚的… See more in Spanish típico norteamericano, para todo Estados Unidos, amateur… See more in Portuguese tipicamente americano, americano, ótimo… See more Need a translator?

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  • Adjective 
    • all-American (TYPICALLY AMERICAN)
    • all-American (WHOLE COUNTRY)
    • all-American (SPORT)
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  • Adjective 
    • all-American
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