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Also spelled ev’ry

US /ˈev.(ə.)ɹi/ UK /ˈɛv.(ə.)ɹi/ See IPA manual

det adj name Freq #206

Meanings

1

det
All the members of a group, considered one by one with no exceptions.

Every person in the room stood up and cheered.
2

det
Used to show that something happens at regular, equal intervals.

We stopped to rest every ten miles.
3

det
Used to express the fullest possible amount of something.

We wish you every happiness in the future.

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Synonyms

each

Opposites

no none

Word family

Derived forms every-day everybodyeverycunteverydayeverydudeeveryfureverygirleveryguyeveryhoweverykideverynighteveryone

Related forms all each quantifier

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.

*h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European every Middle English ǣfre ǣlċ Old English

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# every

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** det, adj, name
**IPA (US):** ˈev.(ə.)ɹi
**IPA (UK):** ˈɛv.(ə.)ɹi
**Frequency rank:** 206

## Meanings
1. All the members of a group, considered one by one with no exceptions.
2. Used to show that something happens at regular, equal intervals.
3. Used to express the fullest possible amount of something.

## Examples
- Every person in the room stood up and cheered.
- We stopped to rest every ten miles.
- We wish you every happiness in the future.

## Synonyms
- each

## Antonyms
- no
- none

## Derived Forms
- every-day
- everybody
- everycunt
- everyday
- everydude
- everyfur
- everygirl
- everyguy
- everyhow
- everykid
- everynight
- everyone

## Related Forms
- all
- each
- quantifier

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ey-
- Root: every
- Root: ǣfre ǣlċ

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Every is 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. In current use, the main senses are “All the members of a group, considered one by one with no exceptions” and “Used to show that something happens at regular, equal intervals”.

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