Usually means: Essence and ultimate purpose combined.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word be-all and end-all:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. be-all and end-all, the be-all and end-all: Merriam-Webster
  2. the be-all and end-all: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. be-all and end-all, be-all and end-all: Collins English Dictionary
  4. be-all and end-all: Vocabulary.com
  5. the be-all and end-all: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. be-all and end-all: Wiktionary
  7. be-all and end-all: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. be-all and end-all: Dictionary.com
  9. be-all and end-all: Rhymezone
  10. be-all and end-all: FreeDictionary.org
  11. be-all and end-all: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. be-all and end-all: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. be-all and end-all, the be-all and end-all: Idioms

(Note: See be-all_and_end-alls as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (be-all and end-all)

noun:  the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim ("Profit is the be-all and end-all of business")

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