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everything

Syllabification: (eve·ry·thing)
Pronunciation: /ˈevrēˌTHiNG/
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Definition of everything

pronoun

  • 1all things; all the things of a group or class:he taught me everything I know herbal cures for everything from leprosy to rheumatism
  • all things of importance; a great deal:I lost everything in the crash he owed everything to his years in Munich
  • the most important thing or aspect:money isn’t everything
  • 2the current situation; life in general:how’s everything? everything is going okay

Phrases

and everything

informal used to refer vaguely to other things associated with what has been mentioned:you’ll still get paid and everything

have everything

informal possess every attraction or advantage:she was articulate, she was fun—it seemed to me she had everything

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Definition of everything in the British & World English dictionary
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