Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

everyone

/ˈɛv.ɹiː.wʌn/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.47 in modern English

Syllables: every-one
IPA: /ˈɛv.ɹiː.wʌn/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Every individual in a set; every person.

Example Sentences

"She was really hungry, so the chicken and tarts served to divert her attention for a time. It was well I secured this forage; or both she, I and Sophie, to whom I conveyed a share of our repast, would have run a chance of getting no dinner at all: every one down stairs was too much engaged to think of us."
"Everyone’s heart palpitated as Leo Dillon handed up the paper and everyone assumed an innocent face."
"Hello, everyone!"

Etymology

An alteration of earlier everychone after every, from Middle English everichon. By surface analysis, every + one.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: everichon

Inflected Forms

arrywun (alternative) e'eryone (alternative, pronunciation spelling) e'ryone (alternative, pronunciation spelling) every one (alternative, archaic)

Phrases

AI notkilleveryoneism and then everyone clapped and then everyone on the bus clapped everyone and his brother everyone and his cousin everyone and his dog everyone and his grandma everyone and his mother

Frequently Paired Words

anyone everybody everything everywhere no one someone quantifier

Synonyms

everybody

Antonyms

no one nobody

Rhymes With

one old one done doesn't run over and done fun son won hit and run hard-won sun

Questions

How do you pronounce everyone?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛv.ɹiː.wʌn/.
What does everyone mean?: Every individual in a set; every person.
Where does everyone come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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