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every
[ ev-ree ]
adjective
- being one of a group or series taken collectively; each:
We go there every day.
- all possible; the greatest possible degree of:
every prospect of success.
every
/ ˈɛɪ /
determiner
- each one (of the class specified), without exception
every child knows it
- not used with a negative the greatest or best possible
every hope of success
- each: used before a noun phrase to indicate the recurrent, intermittent, or serial nature of a thing
every third day
every so often
every now and then
- every bitused in comparisons with as quite; just; equally
every bit as funny as the other show
- every othereach alternate; every second
every other day
- every which way
- in all directions; everywhere
I looked every which way for you
- from all sides
stones coming at me every which way
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of every1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of every1
Idioms and Phrases
- every bit, in every respect; completely:
This is every bit as good as she says it is.
- every now and then, on occasion; from time to time: Also every once in a while, every so often.
She bakes her own bread every now and then.
- every other, every second; every alternate:
milk deliveries every other day.
- every which way, in all directions; in disorganized fashion:
I brushed against the table, and the cards fell every which way.
More idioms and phrases containing every
- at every turn
- each and every
- finger in the (every) pie
- living soul, every
- nook and cranny, every
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Example Sentences
We see it more every year now ... the future is going to be multi-lingual.
"It's urgent and every day that goes on is just more and more suffering and more and more possible death and psychological devastation," Mr Siegel told 60 Minutes on the US network CBS.
Sir Keir said he wanted to end the policing "postcode lottery" by ensuring every community had specialist neighbourhood officers.
Around 12,000 men in the UK die from prostate cancer every year.
“Patrick texts us every day: ’You don’t call.
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