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everybody

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

/ ˈɛv riˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i /

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pronoun

every person.

Origin of everybody

First recorded in 1520–30; every + body

usage note for everybody

See each, else.

Words nearby everybody

every single one, every so often, every time one turns around, every tom, dick, and harry, every which way, everybody, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes, everyday, everyhow, everyman, everyone

Example sentences from the Web for everybody

Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.

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Everybody stays—because by the end, his triumph feels like your own.

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Just this year we sponsored the Reaching Out MBA Conference and in that conference I introduced my fiancé to everybody.

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For everybody else, public schools were the only option—and these institutions often had an abysmal record.

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Liar "I sometimes wish I could be anonymous and just walk down the street like everybody else."

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You were willing to blow up this headquarters and everybody, yourself included, in it, to keep us from getting at Merlin.

The Cosmic Computer |Henry Beam Piper
If that is so, everybody will be flying in time, and the professional aviator will be just a common, everyday person.

Airship Andy |Frank V. Webster
Everybody looked upon him as a harmless old man, a trifle eccentric, and a great walker.

Spies of the Kaiser |William Le Queux
There was breakfast almost before it was light, and everybody got up to see them off.

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I think, perhaps, I had better make a confession to everybody.

The Half-Hearted |John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for everybody

everybody

/ (ˈɛvrɪˌbɒdɪ) /

pronoun

every person; everyone

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