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everyone

/ˈɛv.ɹi.wʌn/
ev · ery · one
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• pronoun

1

Every person; all people collectively.

Example

"Everyone in the auditorium stood up and applauded at the end of the lecture."

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Word Nuance & Usage

The closed compound 'everyone' is an indefinite pronoun referring exclusively to people collectively (interchangeable with 'everybody'), whereas the open phrase 'every one' refers to each individual person or thing within a specific group and is frequently followed by 'of' (e.g., 'every one of the books'). Grammatically, 'everyone' always takes a singular verb.

• Nearby Words

everyday
everydayness
everyman
everyone
everyplace
everything
everyway

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in Middle English around the 12th century as a compound of 'every' (from Old English 'ǣfre ǣlc', meaning 'ever each') and 'one' (from Old English 'ān'). It was originally written as two separate words before gradually coalescing into a single word for the personal pronoun sense by the 19th century.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Everyone. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/everyone
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