everything
/ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ
/pronoun
1All things: they did everything together...
- It's a presentation with drama and music and then I wind everything together at the end of the night.
- With the edges aligned, the stapler is then used to fasten everything together at the top left corner.
- We created everything we did together and, yes, sometimes it was very stressful.
Synonyms
each item, each thing, every article, every single thing, the lot, the whole lot, the entirety, the total, the aggregate;
all
informal the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole shooting match, the whole shebang, everything but the kitchen sink
British informal the full monty
North American informal the whole ball of wax, the whole nine yards
1.1All things of importance: I lost everything in the crash...
- The victory at Wembley owes everything to the determination and action of the sacked workers.
- He described it as a debut, but in truth he owed everything to his decade of experience.
- Many people sacrificed everything to secure us the vote, and we owe to them to use it.
1.2The most important thing or aspect: money isn’t everything...
- She says money isn't everything, but it remains the key to unlocking aspirations.
- The first is that money is not everything when it comes to getting your message across.
2The current situation; life in general: how’s everything? everything is going okay...
- The wind was also a bit stronger compared to this morning but generally everything went ok.
- The network problem must have screwed up a couple of sectors on the disk, but everything's okay now.
- Pete got out and went to the back of our van and the two were talking amicably and I thought everything was okay.
Phrases
and everything
have everything