all-timeˈall-time adjective 
The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. They reached an all-time record score.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- As a result, they've dragged down Freeserve's share price to an all-time closing low of 122p.
- Edward's affair and subsequent marriage to divorced Mrs Simpson had left the family's popularity at an all-time low.
- His all-time hero was John Wheatley, the health and housing minister.
- The exposure it received this year was an all-time record.
- The goal moved Lindros past Ilkka Sinisalo into ninth place on the Flyers' all-time list.
Longman Language Activatorto be at the lowest level
the lowest level ever reached: be at an all-time low: · Exports of manufactured goods are now at an all-time low.· Morale at the company is at an all-time low, and staff are leaving in droves.sink to/fall to/reach an all-time low: · Ratings for the once-popular game show seem to have reached an all-time low.· The president's popularity has fallen to an all-time low.
the lowest level of success, hope, health etc: be at its/their lowest ebb: · Consumer confidence is at its lowest ebb since January.· With the company's fortunes at their lowest ebb for 25 years, lay-offs seem inevitable.something sinks/falls to its lowest ebb: · In the late 1980s, her career sank to its lowest ebb.· Relations with Washington have fallen to their lowest ebb.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. They reached an all-time record score.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
used when you compare things to say that one of them is the best, worst etc that there has ever beenan all-time high/low The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. They reached an all-time record score.· Puzznic is destined to become an all-time classic in the Tetris/Klax mould, and no serious puzzle-player should be without it.· A favourite of many and an all-time classic you can't afford to be without.
· It has shed more than 200 points since reaching an all-time high of 5, 689. 74 on April 3.· Demand for water throughout Florida is at an all-time high.· Today markets are opening all over the place, and stock prices are in many markets at all-time highs.
· It hit its all-time low of 5.5 million tons in 1932.· From where she sits, morale looks to be at an all-time low.· The stock is trading near its all-time low.· Random acts of civility do appear to be at an all-time low.
· The exposure it received this year was an all-time record.· That was 48 % up on the year before, and an all-time record.· From 1980 to 1981 they rose a further 10 percent, to reach an all-time record.· It's an all-time record befitting the 8 times champion jockey who once won 221 races in a season.
The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. They reached an all-time record score.