Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

everything

/ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.54 in modern English

Syllables: ev-e-ry-thing
IPA: /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

All the things under discussion.

pron

Many or most things.

Colloquial

pron

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

Colloquial

pron

Considerable effort.

Colloquial

pron

The most important thing.

Colloquial

verb

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

Colloquial

noun

Ellipsis of everything bagel.

Example Sentences

"I checked the list again and everything is done."
"Thank you for everything you've done for us."
"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."
"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; […]"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: every thing

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

e'erything (alternative) e'rythin' (alternative) e'rythang (alternative) e'rything (alternative) ev'ryting (alternative) ev'rythang (alternative) ev'ythang (alternative) ev'rything (alternative) ev'ythin' (alternative) ev'ything (alternative) eve'ything (alternative) errythin (alternative)

Derived Forms

antieverything everythingness posteverything

Phrases

all-everything and everything call someone everything but a child of God carry everything before one chips with everything chips-with-everything emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized everything and the kitchen sink

Frequently Paired Words

anything every everybody everyone everywhen everywhere nothing something

Synonyms

all all the marbles bag and baggage everytang everything but the galley stove everything but the kitchen sink everything under the sun full monty hook line and sinker kit and caboodle lock

Antonyms

nothing

Questions

How do you pronounce everything?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/.
What does everything mean?: All the things under discussion.
Where does everything come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce everything

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