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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"Our son fought for his life, and his dad was always there. He gave everything, he sold everything: his clothes, his sneakers, even his U20 national team jersey, which he couldn't keep as a memory."
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
Just four months ago, Kyiv's residents were doing everything they could to stay warm as temperatures dropped to -20C and heating and power was offline for days on end.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
It was given a twin mission of traditional profit-seeking investments as well as local economic development—putting PIF in charge of everything from giant megaprojects around the country to building a new airline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
“When you watch cartoons by Tex Avery or Chuck Jones, everything calls back to the perfect timing and the slapstick of those actors,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
An MRI scan allows us to look inside a living person's head and see a slice of everything from the throat to the spinal cord.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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