everything

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   All the things under discussion.

   • I checked the list again and everything is done.
   • Thank you for everything you've done for us.
2. 2

   Many or most things.

   • A: What do you want to do at the amusement park? B: Everything!
   • I did everything today – washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry.
   • 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; […]
3. 3

   A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).

   • Everything failed, didn't it?
   • She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine.
   • Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse.
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   1. 4

      Considerable effort.

      • It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.
   2. 5

      The most important thing.

      • I can't believe I made it in time – timing is everything!
   3. 6

      Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action.

      • ‘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.
      • “ ‘You're right tonight, Boss Man,’ I said. ‘They’re laying it on us.’ “They outswung us, they out-everythinged us.
      • 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.

The neighborhood

• synonymall
• antonymnothing
• neighboranything
• neighborevery
• neighboreverybody
• neighboreveryone
• neighboreverywhen
• neighboreverywhere
• neighbornothing
• neighborsomething