everywhere

English

Alternative forms

• everwhere (US, dialectal)
• every where (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English eauerihwer, from Old English æfre +‎ gehwær. By surface analysis, every +‎ where.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)weə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

everywhere (not comparable)

1. In or to all locations under discussion.

   He delivers the mail everywhere on this street.

   We went everywhere at the school - we talked to all the teachers in their classrooms.

   • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

     Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.

2. (colloquial, hyperbolic) In or to a few or more locations.

   We went to Europe last year and went everywhere: Berlin, Paris, London, and Madrid.

   When I shop for shoes, I like to look everywhere.

   I've looked everywhere in the house and still can't find my glasses.

Antonyms

• nowhere

Derived terms

• almost everywhere
• everyware
• everywhere else
• everywhereness
• here, there and everywhere

Related terms

• anywhere
• everybody, everyone
• everything
• every which where
• nowhere
• somewhere

Translations

at all places

Afrikaans: oral (af) Albanian: kudo (sq) Gheg Albanian: tâna ânt Apache: Western Apache: dáhotʼéhé Arabic: فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ (fī kulli makānin) Armenian: ամենուր (hy) (amenur), ամենուրեք (hy) (amenurekʻ) Bashkir: һәр ерҙә (hər yerźə), һәр ҡайҙа (hər qayźa), бөтә ерҙә (bötə yerźə), бөтә урында (bötə urında) Basque: (please verify) edonon, (please verify) leku guztietan Belarusian: усю́ды (usjúdy), ўсю́ды (wsjúdy) Bengali: সব জায়গা (bn) (śobo jaẏga) Bulgarian: навсякъде (bg) (navsjakǎde) Catalan: a tot arreu, pertot (ca) Cherokee: ᏂᎬᎢ (nigvi) Chinese: Cantonese: 度度 (dou6 dou6) Mandarin: 到處 / 到处 (zh) (dàochù) Crimean Tatar: er yerde Czech: všude (cs) Danish: overalt (da) Dutch: overal (nl) Esperanto: ĉie (eo) Faroese: allastaðni Finnish: kaikkialla (fi), kaikkialle (fi), kaikkialta (fi) French: partout (fr), à tous les coins de rue Gagauz: herer Galician: xalundes Georgian: ყველგან (ka) (q̇velgan), ყოველგან (q̇ovelgan) German: überall (de) Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 (ƕaruh) Greek: παντού (el) (pantoú) Ancient: πανταχοῦ (pantakhoû) Gujarati: બધે (badhe) Haitian Creole: toupatou Hindi: हर जगह (har jagah) Hungarian: mindenütt (hu), mindenhol (hu) Icelandic: alls staðar (is), allstaðar, út um allt, hvarvetna (is), á hverju strái Ido: omnaloke (io) Indonesian: di mana-mana (id) Interlingua: ubique Irish: (please verify) i ngach áit Italian: ovunque (it), dappertutto (it) Japanese: どこでも (dokodemo) Korean: 어디에나 (eodiena) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ھەمو شوێن (hemu şwên) Northern Kurdish: herder (ku), li her derê Latin: ubīque (la) Macedonian: насекаде (nasekade) Malay: mana-mana (ms) Malayalam: എല്ലായിടത്തും (ellāyiṭattuṁ) Maltese: kullimkien Maori: i hea, i hea, i whea, i whea, ki hea, ki hea, ki whea, ki whea Marathi: सगळीकडे (sagḷikaḍe), सर्व ठिकाणी (sarva ṭhikāṇī) Navajo: tʼáá ałtsogóó Norwegian: overalt Old English: ǣġhwǣr Pannonian Rusyn: вшадзи (všadzi) Persian: همه‌جا (hamejâ), هرجا (fa) (harjâ) Plautdietsch: aulawäajen Polish: wszędzie (pl) Portuguese: em toda parte (pt), por todo lado Romanian: (please verify) peste tot , (please verify) pretutindeni (ro) Russian: везде́ (ru) (vezdé), всю́ду (ru) (vsjúdu), повсю́ду (ru) (povsjúdu) Sanskrit: सर्वत्र (sa) (sarvatra) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: свуда Roman: svuda (sh), svugdje (sh) Slovak: všade (sk) Slovene: povsod (sl) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wšuźi Southern Altai: ар јерде (ar ǰerde), кайда-даа (kayda-daa) Spanish: todos lados, todo lugar, por todas partes, dondequiera (es), por doquiera (es), por doquier Svan: ჩია̈̄გ (čiǟg) Swahili: kila mahali Swedish: överallt (sv) Turkish: her yer, her yerde Ukrainian: усю́ди (usjúdy), всю́ди (vsjúdy), повсю́ди (povsjúdy), скрізь (skrizʹ) Urdu: ہَرْجا (harjā), ہَر جَگَہ (har jaga) Venetan: inpartut (vec) Welsh: pobman Yiddish: אומעטום (umetum)

Noun

everywhere (uncountable)

1. All places or locations.

   I went out to get some groceries, but everywhere was closed.

See also

• Thesaurus:quantifier