everything
Syllables: eve·ry·thing/ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/
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Multicultural London English/ˈɛvɹiˌfɪŋ/
everything pronoun: all the things under discussion. Also the ellipsis of everything bagel.
Pronoun
everything
- All the things under discussion.
- I checked the list again and everything is done.
- Thank you for everything you've done for us.
- Many or most things.
- 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.
- A: What do you want to do at the amusement park?
- A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
- Everything failed, didn't it?
- She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine.
- Considerable effort.
- It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.
- The most important thing.
- I can't believe I made it in time – timing is everything!
Verb
everything (third-person singular simple present everythings, present participle everythinging, simple past and past participle everythinged)
- Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action.
- ‘Hardly. We’re screened by every shrink in the kingdom. We're printed, weighed, photographed, everythinged. Selection for security takes a lifetime—one of our sayings,’ she added modestly.1990, Jonathan Gash, The Very Last Gambado, St. Martin's Press, page 107
- “ ‘You're right tonight, Boss Man,’ I said. ‘They’re laying it on us.’
“They outswung us, they out-everythinged us.2001, Stanley Dance, The World of Swing, Da Capo Press, page 71
Also used as
everything is also the ellipsis of everything bagel.
everything meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
everything in Hindi
- all the things
- सब कुछ sab kuch, सब sab
everything in Tamil
- all the things
- எல்லாம் ellām, அனைத்தும் aṉaittum
everything in Marathi
- all the things
- सर्व sarva
everything in Urdu
- all the things
- سب کچھ sab kuch, سب sab, ہر چیز
More languagesFewer languages
- everything in Bengali
- সবকিছু śobkichu
- everything in Telugu
- అన్నీ annī
- everything in Kannada
- ಎಲ್ಲವೂ
- everything in Punjabi
- ਸਭ ਕੁਝ, ਹਰ ਚੀਜ਼
- everything in Gujarati
- બધું, બધું જ, દરેક વસ્તુ
- everything in Odia
- ସବୁକିଛି
- everything in Arabic
- كُلّ شَيْء kull šayʔ
- everything in Malay
- semuanya
- everything in Indonesian
- segala sesuatu, semuanya
- everything in Persian
- هر چیز har čiz, همهچیز hame-čiz
- everything in Thai
- ทุกสิ่ง túk-sìng, ทุกอย่าง túk-yàang
- everything in Vietnamese
- mọi vật, mọi thứ nào, tất cả
Examples of everything in a sentence
- Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse.
- I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 97:
- 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; […]1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Ghost in Master B’s Room”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas...
- After being adopted by Joan, after having his matted coat shaved bare, after being dewormed and de-everythinged after being loved and fed and loved some more, Charlie has turned into a brand-new dog.2007, Nancy Kennedy, Lipstick Grace, Multnomah Books, page 216:
- She spends as much time as possible surfing (as she quickly learns it's called), Youtubing,^([sic]) Googling, everythinging to research these human be-things.2018 November 12, Ann Crawford, chapter 3, in Fresh off the Starship, Lightscapes Publishing:
Synonyms of everything
- all the marbles
- bag and baggage
- everytang
- everything but the galley stove
- everything but the kitchen sink
- everything under the sun
- full monty
- hook
- line and sinker
- kit and caboodle
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Antonyms
Forms of everything
| alternative form | e'erything |
|---|---|
| alternative form | e'rythin' |
| alternative form | e'rythang |
| alternative form | e'rything |
| alternative form | ev'ryting |
| alternative form | ev'rythang |
| alternative form | ev'ythang |
| alternative form | ev'rything |
| alternative form | ev'ythin' |
| alternative form | ev'ything |
| alternative form | eve'ything |
| alternative form | errythin |
| alternative form | errything |
| alternative form | e'rrything |
| alternative Caribbean pronunciation-spelling | everytin' |
| alternative Caribbean pronunciation-spelling | everyting |
| alternative Southern US pronunciation-spelling | everythang |
| alternative Southern US pronunciation-spelling | everytang |
| alternative form (obsolete) | every thing |
| alternative form (obsolete) | evrything |
Origin of everything
Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing.
Words formed from everything
- 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
- in everything but name
- 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
- when everything is said and done
Phrases with everything
- everything apps
- talks everything
- everything bagels
- talked everything
- talking everything
- means everything to
- meant everything to
- meaning everything to
- Internet of Everything
- theories of everything
- carried everything before one
- carries everything before one
16 more phrasesFewer phrases
- carrying everything before one
- everything one touches becomes gold
- everything one touches becomes shit
- there's a first time for everything
- there's a place and time for everything
- there's a time and place for everything
- there is a place and time for everything
- there's a time and a place for everything
- to a hammer, everything looks like a nail
- there is a time and a place for everything
- calls someone everything but a child of God
- called someone everything but a child of God
- calling someone everything but a child of God
- if you believe everything you read, better not to read
- if all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
- when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
Questions about everything
- What does everything mean?
- Everything means all the things under discussion.
- What is everything in Hindi?
- Everything in Hindi is सब कुछ (sab kuch), सब (sab). See Everything meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use everything in a sentence?
- Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse.
- What part of speech is everything?
- Everything can be a pronoun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce everything?
- Everything is pronounced /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/.
Words near everything in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: everything (page history and authors); everything (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); everything (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); everything (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); everything (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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