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everything

 
 
/ˈevriθɪŋ/ pronoun

Definition

all things or each thing: They lost everything in the fire. You can't blame Tom for everything that goes wrong. What's the matter Nick, is everything all right?
everything else all the other things: The meat tasted strange, but everything else was okay.
be/mean everything to be the most important part of someone's life: His children mean everything to him. Money isn't everything.
(Definition of everything pronoun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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