everything
Part of speech: pron
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing.
Inflected forms:
form: e'erything
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: e'rythin'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: e'rythang
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: e'rything
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: ev'ryting
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: ev'rythang
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: ev'ythang
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: ev'rything
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: ev'ythin'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: ev'ything
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eve'ything
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: errythin
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: everytin'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
Caribbean
pronunciation-spelling
form: everyting
pos: pron
tags: alternative
Caribbean
pronunciation-spelling
form: everythang
pos: pron
tags: alternative
Southern-US
pronunciation-spelling
form: everytang
pos: pron
tags: alternative
Southern-US
pronunciation-spelling
form: every thing
pos: pron
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: evrything
pos: pron
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: evrythin
pos: pron
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: All the things under discussion.
pos: pron
tags: literally
examples: I checked the list again and everything is done.
Thank you for everything you've done for us.
I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
gloss: Many or most things.
pos: pron
tags: colloquial
excessive
examples: A: What do you want to do at the amusement park?
B: Everything!
I did everything today – washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry.
Then, I was sent to a great, cold, bare, school of big boys; where everything to eat and wear was thick and clumpy, without being enough; […]
gloss: A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
pos: pron
tags: colloquial
examples: Everything failed, didn't it?
She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine.
Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse.
gloss: Considerable effort.
pos: pron
tags: colloquial
examples: It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.
gloss: The most important thing.
pos: pron
tags: colloquial
examples: I can't believe I made it in time – timing is everything!
pos: noun
tags: no-gloss
Synonyms: all
Antonyms: nothing
Related words: anything
every
everybody
everyone
everywhen
everywhere
nothing
something
Derived words: all-everything
and everything
antieverything
call someone everything but a child of God
carry everything before one
chips with everything
chips-with-everything
emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized
everything and the kitchen sink
everything app
everything bagel
everything but the galley stove
everything but the kitchen sink
everything happens for a reason
everything including the kitchen sink
everything in the garden is lovely
everything in the garden is rosy
everything is everything
everything is fair in love and war
everything is rosy in the garden
everythingness
everything old is new again
everything one touches turns to gold
everything one touches turns to shit
everything under the sun
how's everything
if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
know everything
know-everything
leave everything on the road
mean everything to
my everything
now I've heard everything
now I've seen everything
posteverything
sugar and spice and everything nice
talk everything
theory of everything
there is a time and place for everything
throw everything at the wall and see what sticks
timing is everything
to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing
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