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everything ['evrɪθɪŋ] pron.
gen. all things (You can't blame him for everything. • He's obsessed with Britney Spears and collects anything and everything connected with her. • Jane's been unfaithful to Jim three times, but he still loves her in spite of everything. • Money isn't everything (= the most important thing). • His children are everything to him (= the most important part of his life). • Have you been crying? Is everything all right? • The thieves took everything. • We did everything we could to save her but she died. • We shall do everything necessary to bring the murderer to justice. • They're very busy with their new house and everything (= all the things connected with it). • Rescuers are doing everything they possibly can to free the trapped people. • She's new to the job so you can't expect her to know everything yet. • Make sure you keep a receipt for everything you buy. • Are you sure we've got everything we need for the journey? • If I don't wear my glasses, everything is just a blur. cambridge.org); each thing or all things (Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust. • I decided to tell her everything. • Apart from the bus arriving late, everything else seemed to be going according to plan. ldoceonline.com); all the things in your life, work etc (Everything’s fine at the moment. • I felt that everything was going wrong. ldoceonline.com); all the things under discussion; many or most things; a state of well-being (I checked the list again and everything is done. • Thank you for everything you've done for us. • I did everything today - washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry. • She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine. • Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse. wiktionary.org); all 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. • First you spend time seeing everything to make up for lost time, then you wind back a bit. • It was the first time I went on stage to do a show by myself, where everything relied upon me. • We are also often told that it is important to reveal everything and always to remember. • Neil says he risked everything to sue because honesty was important to him. • The plot centres around a man who is so lucky everything goes his way - money, girls and a fast car. • Tenderness is everything with chicken and this specimen was right on the money. • If we played well we had the bonus, if we lost we lost everything and we had the same money as other people. • They had nothing to lose by the action, and everything to gain by upping the stakes. • We can go wherever we please and everything depends upon how near you stand to me. • To most New Zealanders, the banking proposal smacks of Australia having everything to gain. lexico.com)
inf. considerable effort (It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday. wiktionary.org); the most important thing (I can't believe I made it in time - timing is everything! wiktionary.org); the 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. lexico.com); life in general (How's everything? lexico.com)