EVERYBODY


Meaning of EVERYBODY in English

ˈevrēˌbādē, ˈevriˌbädi, ˈevrəˌb- sometimes -(ˌ)bəd-, chiefly in substand or rapid speech ˈevə(r)(ˌ)b- pronoun

Etymology: Middle English, from every (I) + body

1. : every person : everyone

everybody must do what his conscience dictates

a theory arguing that everybody is motivated by self-interest

2.

a. : every person forming part of a particular group

there is a seat for everybody in the room

— usually referred to by the third person singular

everybody is bringing his own lunch

but sometimes by a plural personal pronoun

everybody had made up their minds

b. : every person considered worthwhile (as in a particular group or in society)

everybody will be there

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.