everyone
//ˈɛv.ɹi.wʌn//
Definitions
1.Every person.
- Everyone’s heart palpitated as Leo Dillon handed up the paper and everyone assumed an innocent face.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #405
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
An alteration of earlier everychone after every, from Middle English everichon.
By surface analysis, every + one.