everywhere
Americanadverb
adverb
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Etymology
Origin of everywhere
1175–1225; Middle English everihwer, representing 2 formations: every every + hwer where, and ever ever + ihwer anywhere, everywhere ( Old English gehwǣr; see y-, where )
Explanation
The adverb everywhere means in all possible places. If you take your phone with you everywhere you go, it means you have it with you in all the places you travel. You can use everywhere literally, but it's probably more common to use it in an exaggerating way. For example, if you can't find your glasses, you might say, "I've looked everywhere for them!" You haven't actually looked everywhere, in every possible place — you've actually only looked in all the places you think you might have left your glasses. In Old English, it's æfre gehwær.
Example Sentences
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It captured the imagination of football fans everywhere, because it seemed so difficult for anyone outside the 'Big Six' to get even close to being champions.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
In the coastal city of Chiclayo, of which he was bishop for eight years, Leo is everywhere, his features stamped on a growing array of merchandise ahead of a planned visit on November 13.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Speaking of which, I’m quietly concerned that your sister has perhaps done too much by taking over your mother’s life, including driving her everywhere.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
In 1853, the surfeit of gold everywhere pushed San Francisco’s real-estate prices up 25%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mushroom corpses were strewn everywhere: some crumbled, some smashed, some perfectly, cruelly intact but for their severed stems.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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