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everything

[ ev-ree-thing ]

pronoun

  1. every single thing or every particular of an aggregate or total; all.
  2. something extremely important:

    This news means everything to us.



noun

  1. something that is extremely or most important:

    Money is his everything.

everything

/ ˈɛ±¹°ùɪθɪŋ /

pronoun

  1. the entirety of a specified or implied class

    she lost everything in the War

  2. a great deal, esp of something very important

    she means everything to me

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of everything1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; every + thing 1
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with everything , also see hold everything .
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Example Sentences

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“Just play the game, forget about everything.â€

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“Today, I am putting my career and everything that I’ve worked for on the line, not for personal gain but for my partners in law enforcement as well as for the future of public safety in our communities,†he told attendees.

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"Everything the people I've spoken to and the people the team have spoken to who knew Richard and Philip personally, and from the vast majority of biographies, our takeaway is that Philip's motives were good and honest and pure," he said.

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"It's almost been a full-time job trying to keep on top of everything, and it's very easy for people to give up," said Mrs Atkin.

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It took another six years for Susan - not her real name - to realise everything she knew about her family history was wrong.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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