Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

everything


ev·ery·thing

pronoun \ˈev-rē-ˌthiŋ\

Definition of EVERYTHING

1
a : all that exists b : all that relates to the subject
2
: all that is important <you mean everything to me>
3
: all sorts of other things —used to indicate related but unspecified events, facts, or conditions <all the pains and colds and everything — E. B. White>

Examples of EVERYTHING

  1. People will buy everything she paints.
  2. I didn't agree with everything he said.
  3. What do you buy for the man who has everything?
  4. Tell us everything that happened.
  5. He denied everything about the incident.
  6. She means everything to me.
  7. We're pretty happy with everything right now.

First Known Use of EVERYTHING

14th century

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: every–way
Previous Word in the Dictionary: everyplace
All Words Near: everything

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up everything? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).