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View synonyms for

everything

[ ev-ree-thing ]

pronoun

  1. every single thing or every particular of an aggregate or total; all.
  2. something extremely important:

    This news means everything to us.



noun

  1. something that is extremely or most important:

    Money is his everything.

everything

/ ˈɛɪθɪŋ /

pronoun

  1. the entirety of a specified or implied class

    she lost everything in the War

  2. a great deal, esp of something very important

    she means everything to me

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of everything1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; every + thing 1
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with everything , also see hold everything .
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Example Sentences

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President Daniel Noboa said he had deployed all government ministers to the province to coordinate the installation of shelters, deliver humanitarian aid kits and "assist with everything our people need".

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She told the High Court she would do "anything and everything" for her, adding "I see her as my child".

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Everything about Banana Cake brings my backward glances into focus with the passing years drawing out the spaces in between the things that shook, uprooted, and sent me hurtling in a new direction.

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"Everything is on the table, our food system, our water, our air, different ways of parenting, all the kind of changes that may have triggered this epidemic," Kennedy later told Fox News.

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“That’s when I realized someone was inside. I tried to break the window, but it wouldn’t give. Then I saw one of the windows was cracked just enough and we used everything we had to bend it to pull him out. The car was on fire. We just knew we had to get him out.”

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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