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everyone

American  
[ev-ree-wuhn, -wuhn] / ˈɛv riˌwʌn, -wən /

pronoun

  1. every person; everybody.

everyone British  
/ ˈɛvrɪˌwʌn, -wən /

pronoun

  1. every person; everybody

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everyone Idioms  

  1. see entries under every man.

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

Etymology

Origin of everyone

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

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Example Sentences

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But introducing new activities to their routine isn't always easy, he admits, particularly when everyone is tired after work or school.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

I want everyone to know what’s going on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

And when no one is happy, everyone becomes a critic.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

"Hopefully they will not close Al-Aqsa again, and everyone will be able to come to this holy place —whether residents of Jerusalem or from the West Bank," said 30-year-old Mohammad Saaedeh.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

After everyone shares, Erica has us journal about the things that strike us in the poem we chose, and that part’s easy.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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