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

The trial heard from fellow pupils who described a scene of "chaos", as people "were running, screaming everywhere".

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The practice could be seen everywhere on the daily commute, adorned on walls, tunnels and metal shutters - always unintelligible, loud and colourful.

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"We cannot be everywhere. We are not spirits. Can 600 armed Agro Rangers cover the whole of farms in Maiduguri? No."

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They walk among us—and they are everywhere.

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I love that it’s private and quiet and 20 minutes from everywhere I need to be.

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Related Words

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