everything
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɛvɹiθɪŋ/
- (literally) All the things under discussion.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC ↗:
- I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
- I checked the list again and everything is done.
- Thank you for everything you've done for us.
- (colloquial, hyperbole) Many 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.
- A:What do you want to do at the amusement park?
- (colloquial) A 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.
- (colloquial) Considerable effort.
- It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.
- (colloquial) The most important thing.
- I can't believe I made it in time - timing is everything!
- Portuguese: tudo
- Portuguese: tudo
- Portuguese: tudo
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