everyone

eve·ry·one

Use everyone in a sentence

Everyone is happy.

Everyone is happy.

pronoun

Everyone is defined as all people or each person.

An example of everyone is all the people attending an event.

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everyone

every person; everybody

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everyone

pron.

Every person; everybody. See Usage Note at every. See Usage Note at he ¹.

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Pronoun

Every person.

Usage notes

This can be used loosely to mean "the majority of people".

Related terms

Origin

From Middle English everichon, equivalent to every +‎ one.

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Sentence Examples

Everyone was looking at her.
Everyone was staring at her as if they expected her to faint or something.
Everyone laughs behind his back.
I wish everyone wore rose-colored glasses the way you do.
Everyone you know lives in the trailer park and they all have about the same level of income.

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