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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"One thing that always amazes me is that this tiny little fly does a hell of a lot; even our best AI agents and robots can't do everything that a fly does," Yang said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
“Money isn’t everything, even though it obviously helps,” said Andrea Godfrey Flynn, a marketing professor at the University of San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
They sent someone back to look at it, and he insisted that everything was fine.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
As the AI boom accelerated and computing shortages worsened, exacerbated by bottlenecks in everything from power supply to memory-chip production, TensorWave expanded rapidly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
I’m almost certain I made mistakes, but given everything that’s going on, I think I did pretty well.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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