English Explanatory Dictionary

everything

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. All the things under discussion.
  2. Many or most things.
  3. A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
  4. Considerable effort.
  5. The most important thing.
verb
  1. Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/ en-us-everything.ogg /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθiŋ/

Word forms

everything e'rythin' e'rythang e'rything ev'ryting ev'rythang ev'ythang ev'rything ev'ythin' ev'ything eve'ything errythin everytin' everyting everythang everytang every thing evrything evrythin everythings everythinging everythinged

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing.

Synonyms

all

Antonyms

nothing

Related words

anything every everybody everyone everywhen everywhere nothing something

Derived words

all-everything and everything antieverything call someone everything but a child of God carry everything before one chips with everything chips-with-everything emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized everything and the kitchen sink everything app everything bagel everything but the galley stove everything but the kitchen sink everything happens for a reason everything including the kitchen sink everything in the garden is lovely everything in the garden is rosy everything is everything everything is fair in love and war everything is rosy in the garden everythingness everything old is new again everything one touches turns to gold everything one touches turns to shit everything under the sun how's everything if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail know everything know-everything leave everything on the road mean everything to my everything now I've heard everything now I've seen everything posteverything sugar and spice and everything nice talk everything theory of everything there is a time and place for everything throw everything at the wall and see what sticks timing is everything to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing
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