Everyone meaning in English

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Definition

everyone: everybody, every person, all the people pronoun
Everyone came to the party. All my friends came to my party.

UK: Is everyone here? Let's start the meeting.
US: Not everyone likes rap music.

Examples

  • "Everyone must choose their own path, but thanks to the fine education that this school has provided for us, we have a solid foundation on which to build."
  • "Now, I'd like everyone to treat Jermaine with the insanity and paranoia that he deserves, mmkay?"
  • "Brent : Stay tuned, everyone: in the next segment we'll meet a dog who conducts electricity!"
  • "Edward : Let's go to war with everyone!"
  • "Everyone, listen up!"
  • "Philip (MacCheeter) : Alright everyone, calm the $&%# down!"
  • "Everyone here knows you're jealous of Stink."
  • "Horatio : Alright everyone, back to San Francisco for an emergency meeting!"
  • "Harold : Is everyone ready?"
  • "Alan Woody : Okay everyone, our next comedian has been dreaming of a career in stand-up comedy since she was a little girl."
  • "Everyone minds his business."
  • "Ahem, everyone, everyone."
  • "Everyone : On the fourth day of Christmas"
  • "Make eye contact with everyone."
  • "Pilot : G'day everyone and welcome aboard Billabong Airlines Flight 172 to Sydney, Australia."
  • "Icarus : Welcome to the "super duper mystery solving laboratory", everyone, which incidentally doubles as my office."
  • "Everyone in Paris knows the story of Xavier Delavigne, who started an iconic cosmetics company."
  • "The Love Boat promises something for everyone."
  • "Sorry, everyone, I have to go."
  • "Ms. Lohan already sits on our board of trustees, however she is considering investing a large amount of capital in the company, which would allow us to finally purchase the island zoo that everyone keeps asking about."
Exercise 1
How many members of the staff participated in the vote?

How many members of the staff participated in the vote?
Bruno tells the staff that "all except one of you voted for "Casual Dress Day" to remain on Fridays", however this doesn't indicate that "one" person voted, but rather that everybody except one person voted for Casual Dress Day to remain on Friday.
This is correct. Bruno says that he has received everyone's votes on the changing of Casual Dress Day. This indicates that "all" or "every member" of the staff voted on the changing of "Casual Dress Day".
Bruno actually says that "everyone" voted on the topic. "Some" indicates that only a portion of the staff voted, which is not the case.
Bruno actually says that "everyone" voted on the topic. "None" indicates that "no one" voted, which is not the case.
Exercise 2
According to Polly's research, will be able to attend Horatio's birthday party.
According to Polly's research, nobody will be able to attend Horatio's birthday party.
nobody: This is the best choice here. As Polly writes, neither Philip, Susan, Kevin nor Luna is available to go to Horatio's party. Each of them has a different reason for not being able to attend.
everyone: This is incorrect. No one can attend the party.
only Kevin: This is incorrect. Kevin will be attending a seminar, and will be "taking Friday off".
only Luna: This is incorrect. Luna is attending an interesting new course and "won't be able to celebrate Horatio's birthday" with him.
Kevin and Philip: This is incorrect. Kevin is attending a seminar and Philip is "donating blood".

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