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everybody

American  
[ev-ree-bod-ee, -buhd-ee] / ˈɛv riˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i /

pronoun

  1. every person.


everybody British  
/ ˈɛvrɪˌbɒdɪ /

pronoun

  1. every person; everyone

"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

Usage

See each, else.

Etymology

Origin of everybody

First recorded in 1520–30; every + body

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Caitlin Clark says everybody making a big deal about a heated moment on the bench between her and Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White has gotten it “blatantly wrong.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Not everybody is as sanguine about the risks tied to prediction markets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

“I want to thank everybody there,” Trump said.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

She argued that "one person's phone going off shatters that for everybody" and so disrupting the experience is "an act of extreme selfishness".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

“Six degrees of separation is this idea that everybody in the world is at most six people removed from everybody else,” Patience explained.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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