everything

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English

Alternative forms

• (eye dialect, AAVE): e'rythin', e'rythang, e'rything, ev'ryting, ev'rythang, ev'ythang, ev'rything, ev'ythin', ev'ything, eve'ything, errythin,
• (eye dialect, Caribbean): everytin', everyting
• (eye dialect, Southern US): everytang
• (obsolete): every thing, evrything, evrythin

Etymology

Univerbation of every +‎ thing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɹiθɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: eve‧ry‧thing or ev‧e‧ry‧thing

Pronoun

everything

1. (literally) All the things under discussion.
2. (colloquial, hyperbolic) Many or most things.
3. (colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).

4. (colloquial) Considerable effort.

5. (colloquial) The most important thing.

Synonyms

• all

Antonyms

• nothing

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

everything (third-person singular simple present everythings, present participle everythinging, simple past and past participle everythinged)

1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial, somewhat uncommon) Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action. [from 19th c.]

See also

• anything (verb)
• something (verb)