"by all accounts" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-by all accounts.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: * First attested in 1798. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} by all accounts, {{en-prep phrase}} by all accounts
  1. (literally) According to all available accounts or reports. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-by_all_accounts-en-prep_phrase-cmSxjYT1
  2. (idiomatic) According to everything that people have said. Tags: idiomatic Translations (According to everything that people have said): kaikesta päätellen (Finnish), de l’avis général (French), ponoć (Polish), rzekomo (Polish), podobno (Polish)
    Sense id: en-by_all_accounts-en-prep_phrase-lG~CBrWK Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hedges, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English hedges: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'According to everything that people have said': 25 75

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