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everything

American  
[ev-ree-thing] / ˈɛv riˌθɪŋ /

pronoun

  1. every single thing or every particular of an aggregate or total; all.

  2. something extremely important.

    This news means everything to us.

noun

  1. something that is extremely or most important.

    Money is his everything.
everything British  
/ ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ /

pronoun

  1. the entirety of a specified or implied class

    she lost everything in the War

  2. a great deal, esp of something very important

    she means everything to me
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Etymology

Origin of everything

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; every + thing 1

Example Sentences

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“Class materials, homework assignments, everything is on Max now,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

She added: "We know concern among the Jewish community remains high, but I hope these arrests show that we are doing everything we can to bring those responsible to justice."

From BBC

Reflecting on their elimination, he added: "This hurts. We gave everything we could. It's a real shock."

From BBC

“The office was pushing us to close everything by a certain date so that when they had to report up to D.C. they had a low number of open cases,” he said.

From Salon

"No government can promise to eliminate the pressures that this war is causing. I can promise we will do everything we can to protect Australia from the worst of it," he added.

From Barron's

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