Every

det, name

det, name ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception wordnet
  2. 2
    each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified wordnet
Determiner
  1. 1
    All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.

    "Every person in the room stood and cheered."

  2. 2
    Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.

    "We stopped for refreshments every ten miles."

  3. 3
    Denotes an abundance of something.

    "We wish you every happiness in the future."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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allanyeacheachone and allweekly

Example

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"Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English every, everich, eaver-euch, averiche, aver alche, ever ælche, from Old English ǣfre ǣlċ, ǣfre ǣġhwelċ (“each and every”). By surface analysis, ever + each or ever + which.

Related phrases

a chicken in every pota sucker is born every minuteany and everyat church every time the doors are openat church every time the doors swing openat every turnbehind every great man is a great womanbehind every great man there stands a womanbehind every successful man there stands a womancall someone every name in the bookdown to every move on the boardeach and every

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