everyone

[ev-ree-wuhn, -wuhn]

pronoun

1. every person; everybody.

everyone

/ ˈɛvrɪˌwʌn, -wən /

pronoun

1. every person; everybody

Usage

See each.

Everyone and everybody are interchangeable, as are no one and nobody, and someone and somebody. Care should be taken to distinguish between everyone and someone as single words and every one and some one as two words, the latter form correctly being used to refer to each individual person or thing in a particular group: every one of them is wrong

Word History and Origins

Origin of everyone¹

First recorded in 1175–1225, everyone is from the Middle English word everichon. See every, one

Idioms and Phrases

see entries under every man.

Example Sentences

“Everyone was unemployed because tourism is the main money generator for our islands,” she said, “You saw food banks having to feed the need, which felt impossible. We saw lines as long as 700 cars per distribution in each district.”

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We appreciate this incident caused some disruption to residents and visitors due to the town's food festival taking place today, and we'd like to thank everyone - including local businesses for their patience whilst we dealt with this tragic incident.

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How a do-over would have been impossible for him with everyone around him still using.

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Early on, I stayed clean to please everyone around me.

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You’re buying dividend growth at a discount because everyone else is chasing momentum.

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Related Words

• anybody 
• everybody 
• people