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everybody

[ev-ree-bod-ee, -buhd-ee]

pronoun

  1. every person.



everybody

/ ˈɛɪˌɒɪ /

pronoun

  1. every person; everyone

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

See each, else.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of everybody1

First recorded in 1520–30; every + body
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"We want more people who are welcoming and aware of the fact that we are all citizens of the world and that everybody can be a migrant anywhere," she said.

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Once everybody was in position, and all of the safety measures had been put in place, he wanted me to help set the “head fire,” a 6-foot wall of flame that would roar up the hill and consume dozens of acres in a matter of minutes.

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Everybody smelled the smoke, but prescribed burns are becoming so common in the region, nobody seemed alarmed.

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"Everybody agrees it needs reform, we have got to reform it and that is what we intend to do."

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“Everybody’s worried about it,” Manolo said, recounting how he had heard that earlier that day ICE had raided a business two doors over from his.

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