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everything

pronoun (everything)

«everything» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

  1. Everything means all the things, every single thing. tree →
  2. «Everything» can mean the most important thing: my dog is everything to me. tree →

In the lessons

maths: all the items together; often asks for a total (add all parts); everyday life: pack everything, put everything away; stories: everything changed; phrases: «everything else», «everything is fine»

Examples

  • How much did everything cost? tree →
  • She sold everything for $50. tree →
  • He bought everything on the list. tree →
  • Everything in the box weighs 4 kg. tree →
  • Put everything back where you found it. tree →
  • Everything is ready for the party. tree →
  • Is everything okay? tree →
  • Her family means everything to her. tree →
  • Do not believe everything you hear. tree →

Note

Asks for the whole: add all parts. Trap: none special. Takes a singular verb: «everything is», not «everything are». One word.

In Jewish tradition

maths: all the items together; often asks for a total (add all parts); everyday life: pack everything, put everything away; stories: everything changed; phrases: «everything else», «everything is fine»

Examples

  • He hath formed, weighed, and composed with these twenty-two letters every soul, and the soul of everything which shall hereafter be. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
  • line aie the first elements trom which all writing and everything (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
  • By the "hounded line" and "unbounded line" trom which according to the Pythagoreans everything originated (Diels H. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
  • Thus cleansed I them from everything foreign, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work; (Writings NEH.13.30, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and everything as to how the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. (Writings EST.5.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Asks for the whole: add all parts. Trap: none special. Takes a singular verb: «everything is», not «everything are». One word.

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/everything/