How do you pronounce everywhere?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/.

Where does everywhere come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

everywhere

/ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: ev-ery-where
IPA: /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/

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Meaning

adv

In or to all locations under discussion.

adv

In or to a few or more locations.

Colloquial

noun

All places or locations.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He delivers the mail everywhere on this street."
"We went everywhere at the school - we talked to all the teachers in their classrooms."
"Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you."
"We went to Europe last year and went everywhere: Berlin, Paris, London, and Madrid."
"When I shop for shoes, I like to look everywhere."
"I've looked everywhere in the house and still can't find my glasses."

Etymology

From Middle English eauerihwer, from Old English æfre + gehwær. By surface analysis, every + where.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: eauerihwer, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/
British English: /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)weə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

e'rywhere (alternative, US) e'erywhere (alternative, US) everwhere (alternative, US) every where (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

everyware everywhereness

Phrases

almost everywhere everywhere else here, there and everywhere it's everywhere every which where

Frequently Paired Words

anywhere everybody everyone everything every which where nowhere somewhere quantifier

Synonyms

everyplace all over

Antonyms

nowhere