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everything
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As a pronoun, everything means all the things under discussion. As a noun, it means all things that are of importance to a person.
Meanings of everything
6 meaningspronoun
literallyAll the things under discussion.
“I checked the list again and everything is done.”
“Thank you for everything you've done for us.”
colloquialhyperboleMany or most things.
“A:What do you want to do at the amusement park? B:Everything!”
“I did everything today - washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry.”
colloquialA state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
“She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine.”
“Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse.”
colloquialConsiderable effort.
“It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.”
colloquialThe most important thing.
“I can't believe I made it in time - timing is everything!”
noun
All things that are of importance to a person
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).