everyone / every one

everyone / every one
   Everyone means "each person": Everyone in the room must leave immediately.
   Every one refers to each thing or person individually: Felice put every one of the eggs in the basket.

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  • Everyone — Ev er*y*one , n. [OE. everychon.] Everybody; commonly separated, every one. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • everyone - everybody — You usually use everyone or everybody to refer to all the people in a particular group. There is no difference in meaning between everyone and everybody. The police had ordered everyone out of the office. There wasn t enough room for …   Useful english dictionary

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