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

I am also thankful for remembering the efforts of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who taught us in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

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That dynamic extends to the subscription models proliferating everywhere.

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"When we moved, everyone said Tarves was in the middle of nowhere, but it's close to everywhere," she said.

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It’s happening all the time, everywhere on the globe.

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Eilan, another student, said: "In military service you meet people from everywhere. You learn new ways of seeing things... You learn to talk and trust and co-exist with other people."

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Related Words

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