everywhere

[ev-ree-hwair, -wair]

adverb

1. in every place or part; in all places.

everywhere

/ ˈɛvrɪˌwɛə /

adverb

1. to or in all parts or places

Spelling Note

See anyplace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of everywhere¹

1175–1225; Middle English everihwer, representing 2 formations: every every + hwer where, and ever ever + ihwer anywhere, everywhere ( Old English gehwǣr; y-, where )

Idioms and Phrases

see all over (everywhere); here, there, and everywhere.

Example Sentences

They described adapting to the thousands of IEDs Hamas had placed seemingly everywhere, and how their units had responded to the terror group’s new urban and guerrilla tactics.

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"Because you will be living with it in your bed, in your food, on your clothes and everywhere else."

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Asked how he plans on spending the final weeks of the election, Mr. Cuomo says, “I’m out everywhere shaking hands with everyone in mosques, in synagogues, on street corners, in buildings, in shopping centers.”

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Once you understand those dynamics, you start to feel them everywhere.

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"Two years of conflict have left death and destruction everywhere, especially in the hearts of those who have brutally lost their children, their parents, their friends, everything", Pope Leo said.

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Related Words

• far and wide 
• here and there 
• omnipresent 
• ubiquitous