EVERYONE

Etymology

Pronoun

everyone

Every person.

Usage notes

Everyone takes a singular verb: Is everyone here?; Everyone has heard of it. However, similar to what occurs with collective or group nouns like crowd or team, sometimes a plural pronoun refers back to everyone which is also reflected in verb conjugations: Everyone was laughing at first, but then they all stopped. / Everyone has a smart phone nowadays, don't they?

Synonyms

• (every person): everybody, the world and his wife

Antonyms

• (every person): no one

Source: Wiktionary


Ev"er*y*one`, n. Etym: [OE. everychon.]

Definition: Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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