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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"Now there is scarcity of water. Last year I lost everything - my entire field got dried due of lack of water," Gutme says.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Even if everything goes smoothly, don’t expect the global economy to go back to business as usual.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
The Chinese leader’s anticorruption campaign has widened into a fight against everything from disloyalty to “superstitious” behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
This savage, amoral and unfeeling Robin Hood has been written to invert everything modern fans like about him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
His therapist would let him use different instruments to express feelings of anger, joy, and just about everything in between.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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