Everything Meaning
/ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
pronAll the things under discussion.
pronMany or most things.
Sentence Examples
It would take forever for me to explain everything.
One can't expect everything from schools.
Everything we owned was neatly packed in cardboard boxes.
CEFR Practice Quiz
____ in the room was destroyed by the massive fire.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He lost ____ in the fire, but he was grateful that his family was safe.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 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 Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 30, column 2:
"‘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:
"Charlie does, too. 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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
____ in the room was destroyed by the massive fire.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He lost ____ in the fire, but he was grateful that his family was safe.