# everywhere

Pronunciation: say "EV-ree-wair" US /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/, UK /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)weə(ɹ)/

## Adverb

1. In or to all places, or loosely, in or to a great many places.
   - Simple: In or to every place, or lots of different 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._

## Noun

2. All places or locations, considered together as a single whole.
   - Simple: All places, thought of together as one thing.
   - _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._

## Origin

Old English æfre ("ever") and gehwær ("everywhere") came together as Middle English eauerihwer, the source of this word. Read on its surface, it is simply "every" joined to "where."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/everywhere (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).