everybody

Alternative forms

• arrybody (Bermuda)
• e'rybody
• everbody
• ever'body
• everybuddy
• every body

Etymology

From every +‎ body.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɹiˌbɒdi/

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• (stressed, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɹiˌbʌdi/, /ˈɛvɹiˌbɑdi/

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  • (unstressed, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɹibədi/
  • (unstressed, US, AAVE) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹbʌdi/
• Hyphenation: eve‧ry‧bod‧y

Pronoun

everybody (indefinite pronoun)

1. All people.

   Does everybody have their ticket(s) at hand?

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.