You use everything to refer to all the objects, actions, activities, or facts in a particular situation.
He'd gone to Seattle long after everything else in his life had changed.
Early in the morning, hikers pack everything that they will need for the day's hike.
Everything in the building had gone silent.
2. pronoun
You use everything to refer to all possible or likely actions, activities, or situations.
'This should have been decided long before now.'—'We can't think of everything.'.
Cathy thought that she had the answer to everything.
Noel and I do everything together.
Are you doing everything possible to reduce your budget?
3. pronoun
You use everything to refer to a whole situation or to life in general.
She says everything is going smoothly.
Is everything all right?
Everything's going to be just fine.
4. pronoun
If you say that someone or something is everything, you mean you consider them to be the most important thing in your life, or the most important thing thatthere is.
I love him. He is everything to me. [+ to]
Crime cases were something that agents solved, and to him the case was everything.
Money isn't everything.
5. pronoun
If you say that someone or something has everything, you mean they have all the things or qualities that most people consider to be desirable.
She has everything: beauty, talent, children.
It was a garden that had everything. It was rich and wild and beautiful, and exciting.
6.
See and everything
More Synonyms of everything
everything in British English
(ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ)
pronoun
1.
the entirety of a specified or implied class
she lost everything in the War
2.
a great deal, esp of something very important
she means everything to me
everything in American English
(ˈɛvriˌthɪŋ)
pronoun
1.
every thing; all things; all
2.
all things pertinent to a specified matter
3.
the most important thing
money is everything to him
More idioms containing
everything
everything but the kitchen sink
everything is coming up roses
everything will come out in the wash
Examples of 'everything' in a sentence
everything
Jones evidently was as neat as his wife - his sidekick said Boris had a place for everything and everything in its place.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
Stephen was pleased with the idea; but: 'When I've got everything settled out there,' he said.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
Jen fumbled with shaking hands through the skinny glass shelves, knocking everything out.
Lisa Scottoline ROUGH JUSTICE (2002)
In other languages
everything
British English: everything /ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ/ PRONOUN
Everything means all of something.
He told me everything that happened.
American English: everything
Arabic: كُلُّ شَيْء
Brazilian Portuguese: tudo
Chinese: 每件事物
Croatian: sve
Czech: všechno
Danish: alt
Dutch: alles
European Spanish: todo
Finnish: kaikki
French: tout
German: alles
Greek: καθετί
Italian: tutto
Japanese: すべて
Korean: 모든 것
Norwegian: alt
Polish: wszystko
European Portuguese: tudo
Romanian: tot
Russian: всё
Latin American Spanish: todo
Swedish: allt
Thai: ทุกสิ่งทุกอย่าง
Turkish: her şey
Ukrainian: все
Vietnamese: mọi thứ
Chinese translation of 'everything'
everything
(ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ)
pron
所有事物 (suǒyǒu shìwù)
is everything OK?都还(還)好吧？ (dōu hái hǎo ba?)
everything is ready所有都准(準)备(備)就绪(緒) (suǒyǒu dōu zhǔnbèi jiùxù)
he did everything possible他尽(盡)了最大努力 (tā jìnle zuìdà nǔlì)
All related terms of 'everything'
is everything OK?
都还(還)好吧？ dōu hái hǎo ba?
everything is ready
所有都准(準)备(備)就绪(緒) suǒyǒu dōu zhǔnbèi jiùxù
everything under the sun
世上万(萬)物 shìshang wànwù
he did everything possible
他尽(盡)了最大努力 tā jìnle zuìdà nǔlì
to do everything possible
竭尽(盡)所能 jié jìn suǒ néng
just about everything/everyone
差不多所有东(東)西/所有人 chàbuduō suǒyǒu dōngxi/suǒyǒu rén
everything from seeds to vegetables
从(從)种(種)子到蔬菜的每样(樣)东(東)西 cóng zhǒngzi dào shūcài de měi yàng dōngxi
to do everything one possibly can
尽(盡)最大的能力 jìn zuì dà de nénglì
everything went according to schedule
所有事情都按预(預)定计(計)划(劃)进(進)行了 suǒyǒu shìqing dōu àn yùdìng jìhuà jìnxíng le