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(ĕv'rē-thĭng') pronunciation
pron.
    1. All things or all of a group of things.
    2. All relevant matters: told each other everything.
  1. The most important fact or consideration: In business, timing is everything.

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noun

    An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back: aggregate, all, entirety, gross, sum, total, totality, whole. Informal work (used in plural). Idioms: everything but (or except) the kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the wholeball of wax (or kit and caboodle or megillah or nine yards or shebang.) See part/whole.

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

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n

Definition: entirety
Antonyms: nothing

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everything

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: All that relates to the subject.

pronunciation Try to know everything of something and something of everything. — Henry Peter Brougham, (1778-1868), Scottish jurist, political leader, founded Edinburgh Review.

Tutor's tip: She tried everything (all the things) to avoid it, but still had to remove every thing (each thing) from the cupboard.

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Translations:

Everything

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Dansk (Danish)
pron. - alt, alting, det afgørende

idioms:

  • and everything    og alt muligt
  • everything under the sun    alting under solen

Nederlands (Dutch)
alles

Français (French)
pron. - tout, le tout

idioms:

  • and everything    et tout et tout
  • everything under the sun    tout ce qu'il est possible d'imaginer, de tout, du monde
  • have everything    avoir/posséder tout

Deutsch (German)
pron. - alles

idioms:

  • and everything    und alles was dazugehört
  • everything under the sun    alles mögliche
  • have everything    [einfach] alles haben

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - καθετί, όλα

idioms:

  • and everything    τα πάντα ανεξαιρέτως
  • everything under the sun    τα πάντα, ό, τι βάλει ο νους του ανθρώπου

Italiano (Italian)
tutto

idioms:

  • and everything    e tutto

Português (Portuguese)
pron. - tudo

idioms:

  • and everything    e tudo o mais
  • everything under the sun    tudo possível e imaginável

Русский (Russian)
все

idioms:

  • and everything    и все такое
  • everything under the sun    все на свете

Español (Spanish)
pron. - todo, toda cosa

idioms:

  • and everything    y todo
  • everything under the sun    hay de todo como en botica
  • have everything    tener todo

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - allt, alltsammans

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
每件事, 一切事物, 事事, 最重要的东西

idioms:

  • and everything    以及其他等等
  • everything under the sun    包罗万象

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
pron. - 每件事, 一切事物, 事事, 最重要的東西

idioms:

  • and everything    以及其他等等
  • everything under the sun    包羅萬象

한국어 (Korean)
pron. - 무엇이든지 모두, 무엇보다도 중대한 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 全て, 最も大切なもの

idioms:

  • and everything    その他なにやかや
  • everything but the kitchen sink    考えうるすべて
  • everything under the sun    万物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) كل شخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pron. - ‮כל דבר, הכל‬


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