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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The fund charges a high 1.50% expense ratio, versus the Vanguard S&P 500 exchange-traded fund’s 0.03%, but everything else about it in the portfolio is cheaper.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
“So I would say everything is on the table and at the same time nothing is on the table if it doesn’t come along with real performance.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
I don’t want to go into the mechanics of everything but no — it was all imaginative.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
Or do we simply take everything we have heard at face value?
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
“Zara’s got nothing to do with this. This is about how you lie and you cheat. About how everything with us is really just about you.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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