everywhere

Definition

In or to all locations under discussion.

Etymology

From Middle English eauerihwer, from Old English æfre + gehwær. By surface analysis, every + where.

Example Sentences

• "He delivers the mail everywhere on this street."
• "We went everywhere at the school - we talked to all the teachers in their classrooms."
• "Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you."

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