"all there" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-all there.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} all there
  1. (idiomatic) Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Thinking Translations (negative form, "not all there": mentally incompetent): beubeu [colloquial] (French), bête à bouffer du foin [colloquial] (French), bête à pleurer [informal] (French), imbécile (French), ekki með öllum mjalla (Icelandic), netemam (Northern Kurdish), mieć wszystkich w domu [often] (Polish), не все до́ма /lit: not everyone at home/ (ne vse dóma) (Russian) Translations (positive form, "all there": mentally competent): temam (Northern Kurdish), biaqil (Northern Kurdish)
    Sense id: en-all_there-en-adj-a2yuRUsP Disambiguation of Thinking: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'negative form, "not all there": mentally incompetent': 64 36 Disambiguation of 'positive form, "all there": mentally competent': 65 35
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, there.
    Sense id: en-all_there-en-adj-wl1LYNA0
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