EVERYONE – Meaning and Translations | Collins English Dictionary

Definition of everyone

Meaning

The word everyone refers to all people considered together or to all members of a specific group without exception.

Usage

“You use everyone to refer to all the people in a particular group or all people in general.” — Collins Dictionary

Notes

Everyone is a singular indefinite pronoun grammatically, so it takes a singular verb form:
Correct: Everyone is ready.
Incorrect: Everyone are ready.


Author’s summary: The word everyone means all people taken together or every person in a group and is grammatically singular in English.

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