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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
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Etymology

Origin of everything

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

Example Sentences

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Over yogurt and fruit, it makes everything taste a little more itself.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

He said: "He has lost everything, or is about to lose everything. He is about to lose his family home."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

A key focus is single-shot ultrafast optical imaging, which captures events that cannot be repeated by recording everything in a single exposure, similar to snapping a single frame that contains an entire sequence.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

"When petrol goes up, everything becomes more expensive," said Waqar Saleem, a day labourer at an Islamabad shoe store.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

I ask after I tell Dr. Crowchild everything that’s happened since I last saw her.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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