Definition of 'everywhere'

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everywhere

(evrihweəʳ )

1. adverb [noun ADVERB] [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB, oft from ADV]

You use everywhere to refer to a whole area or to all the places in a particular area.

Working people everywhere object to paying taxes.

We went everywhere together.

Dust is everywhere.

Tap water is drinkable everywhere in the Algarve.

People come here from everywhere to see these lights.

2. adverb [ADVERB after verb]

You use everywhere to refer to all the places that someone goes to.

Bradley is still accustomed to travelling everywhere in style.

Everywhere he went he was introduced as the current United States Open Champion.

3. adverb [ADVERB after verb] [be ADVERB]

You use everywhere to emphasize that you are talking about a large number of places, or all possible places.

[emphasis]

I saw her picture everywhere.

I looked everywhere. I couldn't find him.

Synonyms: all over, all around, the world over, high and low More Synonyms of everywhere

4. adverb [be ADVERB, ADVERB after verb]

If you say that someone or something is everywhere, you mean that they are present in a place in very large numbers.

There were books everywhere.

Clothes were everywhere, hanging out of drawers and strewn across the floor.

More Synonyms of everywhere

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everywhere in British

(ˈɛvrɪˌwɛə )

adverb

to or in all parts or places

Word Frequency

everywhere in American

(ˈɛvriˌhwɛr ; evˈrēhwerˌ; ˈɛvriˌwɛr ; evˈrēwerˌ)

adverb

in or to every place

Example sentences containing 'everywhere'

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Once again there was that old photo of Jarawa, like some icon I was seeing everywhere. Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)In the air was the hot dog smell and excited chatter of fairs everywhere. Jenny Colgan LOOKING FOR ANDREW MCCARTHY (2002)For a start, I couldn't see how anyone could run an efficient practice when their paperwork was stacked chaotically everywhere. Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)

Almost like the bad old days. Inside the prison, guards lingered everywhere. Greg Bear DEAD LINES (2002)