different between outright vs everyone

English

Etymology

From Middle English outright, equivalent to out +? right.

Pronunciation

• (adverb): enPR: out-r?t?, IPA^(key): /a?t??a?t/
• (adjective, verb): enPR: out?r?t, IPA^(key): /?a?t?a?t/

Adverb

outright (not comparable)

1. Wholly, completely and entirely.

2. Openly and without reservation.

3. At once.

4. With no outstanding conditions.

5. (informal) Blatantly; inexcusably.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:completely

Translations

See also

• downright

Adjective

outright (not comparable)

1. Unqualified and unreserved.

2. Total or complete.

3. Having no outstanding conditions.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:total

Translations

Verb

outright (third-person singular simple present outrights, present participle outrighting, simple past and past participle outrighted)

1. (sports) To release a player outright, without conditions.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• arrywun (Bermuda)

Etymology

From Middle English everichon, equivalent to every +? one.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??v.?i.w?n/

Pronoun

everyone

1. Every person.
   • 1847 Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVII

     It was well I secured this forage […] ; everyone downstairs was too much engaged to think of us.

   • 1914, James Joyce, Dubliners, "An Encounter"

     Everyone's heart palpitated as Leo Dillon handed up the paper and everyone assumed an innocent face.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Hello, everyone!

Usage notes

• Everyone takes a singular verb: Is everyone here?; Everyone has heard of it. However, similar to what occurs with collective or group nouns like crowd or team, sometimes a plural pronoun refers back to everyone which is also reflected in verb conjugations: Everyone was laughing at first, but then they all stopped. / Everyone has a smart phone nowadays, don't they?

Synonyms

• (every person): everybody, the world and his wife

Antonyms

• (every person): no one

Derived terms

• everyone and their brother
• everyone else

Related terms

• no one
• someone
• anyone
• everywhere
• everything

Translations

References

• everyone at OneLook Dictionary Search