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every thing

every thing is the obsolete form of everything.

Meaning of everything

Pronoun

everything

  1. (literally) All the things under discussion.
    • I checked the list again and everything is done.
  2. (colloquial, excessive) Many or most things.
    • A: What do you want to do at the amusement park?
      B: Everything!
  3. (colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
    • Everything failed, didn't it?
  4. (colloquial) Considerable effort.
    • It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.
  5. (colloquial) The most important thing.
    • I can't believe I made it in time – timing is everything!

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Questions about every thing

What is every thing the obsolete form of?
Every thing is the obsolete form of everything.

Words near every thing in the dictionary

  1. every single
  2. every single time
  3. every so often
  4. every step of the way
  5. every stick has two ends
  6. every thing
  7. every time
  8. every time one farts
  9. every time one turns around
  10. every trick in the book
  11. every way to Sunday

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Adapted from Wiktionary: every thing (page history and authors); everything (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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