everything

1 [PRON] oft PRON else
You use everything to refer to all the objects, actions, activities, or facts in a particular situation.
He'd gone to Seattle long after everything else in his life had changed...
Early in the morning, hikers pack everything that they will need for the day's hike...
≠ nothing
2 [PRON]
You use everything to refer to all possible or likely actions, activities, or situations.
`This should have been decided long before now.'--`We can't think of everything.'...
Noel and I do everything together...
Are you doing everything possible to reduce your budget?
3 [PRON]
You use everything to refer to a whole situation or to life in general.
She says everything is going smoothly...
Is everything all right?...
Everything's going to be just fine.
4 [PRON] oft PRON to n
If you say that someone or something is everything, you mean you consider them to be the most important thing in your life, or the most important thing that there is.
I love him. He is everything to me...
Money isn't everything.
≠ nothing
5 [PRON]
If you say that someone or something has everything, you mean they have all the things or qualities that most people consider to be desirable.
She has everything: beauty, talent, children...