everything
Americanpronoun
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every single thing or every particular of an aggregate or total; all.
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something extremely important.
This news means everything to us.
noun
pronoun
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the entirety of a specified or implied class
she lost everything in the War
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a great deal, esp of something very important
she means everything to me
Etymology
Origin of everything
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; every + thing 1
Example Sentences
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Yet, when Cook revealed in April that he was stepping down, Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, publicly praised him as "a legend", adding he was "very thankful for everything he has done".
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026
“I’m saying what Aristotle explained to us millennia ago in his ‘Nicomachean Ethics’: everything in moderation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
“My cochlear implant, it breaks everything down into digital bits so I can understand,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
"I can no longer get my message out because another debate is overshadowing everything else," Wegner said Friday.
From Barron's • Jul. 10, 2026
When everything comes into focus, I realize I’m lying on the small red sofa in the back office of Aunt J’s hair salon.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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