everywhere

1. 1
   adverb

   In or to all places, or loosely, in or to a great many places.

   The detective looked everywhere in the building but found no trace of the suspect.

   Once the inspectors had checked everywhere on the site, they signed off the report.

   UsageOften followed directly by a clause: everywhere you look, everywhere we went. Written as one word.

   Oppositenowhere

2. 2
   noununcountable

   All places or locations, considered together as a single whole.

   After a week of heavy rain, everywhere in town smelled of wet earth and cut grass.

   She wrote that everywhere holds a story, if only you stop to listen.

   UsageTakes a singular verb, usually with no article: everywhere was closed. If it sounds odd, every place often works better.

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