/ˈɛvriθɪŋ/
Translation
All the things, with none left out.
Word origin
From every plus thing, written as two words before it became one.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- every and thing
Examples
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"Everything" means all the things, with none left out.
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"Everything" takes a singular verb, so we say "is" and not "are".
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Here "everything" means all that a person did for you.
Used in
Stories
(10)Before the Doors Open
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The Broken Window
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The Clock in the Hall
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Two Gardens
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The Box in the Wood
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The First Letter
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The Night Route
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The Photograph
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The Suggestion Box
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The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(25)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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