everything
part of speech
pronoun (everything)
meaning for a pupil
1) Everything means all the things, every single thing. tree →
2) «Everything» can mean the most important thing: my dog is everything to me. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: all the items together; often asks for a total (add all parts); everyday life: pack everything, put everything away; stories: everything changed; phrases: «everything else», «everything is fine»
examples
- He hath formed, weighed, and composed with these twenty-two letters every soul, and the soul of everything which shall hereafter be. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- line aie the first elements trom which all writing and everything (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- By the "hounded line" and "unbounded line" trom which according to the Pythagoreans everything originated (Diels H. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Thus cleansed I them from everything foreign, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work; (Writings NEH.13.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and everything as to how the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. (Writings EST.5.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- How much did everything cost? tree →
- She sold everything for $50. tree →
- He bought everything on the list. tree →
- Everything in the box weighs 4 kg. tree →
- Put everything back where you found it. tree →
- Everything is ready for the party. tree →
- Is everything okay? tree →
- Her family means everything to her. tree →
- Do not believe everything you hear. tree →
note
Asks for the whole: add all parts. Trap: none special. Takes a singular verb: «everything is», not «everything are». One word.
In the corpora
- Thus cleansed I them from everything foreign, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
- A bank statement lists everything that went in and out of an account, and grown-ups check it for mistakes and fraud.
- Moving means packing everything, doing paperwork and saying goodbye all at once, so it is very stressful.
- Not everything you see is true: some stories and videos are made up or edited on purpose to fool people.
- Grown-ups get tired and worried too, even when they look as if they are coping with everything.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «everything» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.