everywhere

American  

[ev-ree-hwair, -wair] / ˈɛv riˌʰwɛər, -ˌwɛər /

adverb

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

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everywhere British  

/ ˈɛvrɪˌwɛə /

adverb

1. to or in all parts or places

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everywhere Idioms  

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

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Spelling

See anyplace.

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

See Examples For:

everywhere

But he knows all too well, there won't be applause everywhere he goes.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

There’s an elephant in the room in every scene, and its lens follows the subject everywhere.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Or, if you prefer, he sees possibility everywhere and she is perpetually gloomy about humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"When I was young, guitarfish were everywhere," said Jonathan Abadu Kennedy, 57, a former local lawmaker known as Uncle Ebo.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Lizard houses, as previously noted, were as much like terrariums as they could be without compromising privacy; they were one of the few animals who kept spare sheets of glass everywhere.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

Related Words

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