every
See also: Every
every - English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɛv.(ə.)ɹi/
- Hyphenation: eve‧ry, ev‧e‧ry
Determiner
every
- All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.
- Every person in the room stood and cheered.
- Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.
- We stopped for refreshments every ten miles.
- The alarm is going off every few minutes.
- Every third bead was red, and the rest were blue. The sequence was thus red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue etc.
- Decimation originally meant the execution of every tenth soldier in a unit; that is, ten per cent of soldiers were killed.
- (with certain nouns) Denotes an abundance of something.
- We wish you every happiness in the future.
- I have every confidence in him.
- There is every reason why we should not go.
- The police will make every effort to trace the missing girl.
Usage notes
- Now generally used only for a group of three or more, but formerly could be used for two, in the sense of "each" or "both":
- 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
- But it is true that I tell ye; our dear bairn is to meet us at Moffat the morn, wi' a son in every hand; and we maun e'en gang and see her aince again, and kiss her and bless her afore we dee.
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Derived terms
- a chicken in every pot
- any and every
- at church every time the doors are open
- at every turn
- behind every great man is a great woman
- behind every great man there stands a woman
- behind every successful man there stands a woman
- each and every
- even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then
- even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while
- every-day
- every bit
- every body
- everybody
- every cloud has a silver lining
- every dark cloud has a silver lining
- every day
- every day is a school day
- every day of the week
- every day of the week and twice on Sunday
- every day of the week and twice on Sundays
- every dog has his day
- every dog has its day
- every dog must have his day
- every dog must have its day
- every good boy deserves fudge
- every inch
- every Jack has his Jill
- every king needs a queen
- every last
- every law has a loophole
- every law has its loophole
- every little bit helps
- every little helps
- every man for himself
- every man for hisself
- every man has a price
- every man has his price
- every man is the architect of his own fortune
- every man Jack, every man jack
- every miller draws water to his own mill
- every nook and cranny
- every old nook and cranny
- every once in a while
- every one
- everyone
- every other
- every rose has a thorn
- every rose has its thorn
- every rule has an exception
- every second
- every shut eye isn't asleep
- every silver lining has a cloud
- every single
- every so often
- every stick has two ends
- everything
- every time
- every time one farts
- every time one turns around
- every trick in the book
- every way to Sunday
- everywhere
- every where
- every which way
- every which where
- every woman for herself
- every woman Jill
- girl in every port
- hang on every word
- hang on someone's every word
- how's every little thing
- if I had a nickel for every time
- know every trick in the book
- opportunity knocks at every man's door
- put the same shoe on every foot
- strain every nerve
- there are bad apples in every orchard
- there are two sides to every question
- there is an exception to every rule
- there's a grain of truth in every joke
- there's a rotten apple in every barrel
- there's a sucker born every minute
- there's one born every minute
- turn with every wind
- with every bone in one's body
- with every breath
- with every fiber of one's being
- worth every penny
- you cannot put the same shoe on every foot
- you learn something new every day
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: ibri
Translations
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Anagrams
every - Middle English
Adjective
every
- Alternative form of everich