every

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Also spelled ev’ry

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

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

each

Opposites

no none

Word family

Derived forms every-day everybodyeverycunteverydayeverydudeeveryfureverygirleveryguyeveryhoweverykideverynighteveryone

Related forms all each quantifier

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Idioms (3)

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every last
all members or items in a group, with no exceptions at all
every which way
in every direction, often in a scattered or disorderly way
every man for himself
a chaotic or uncooperative situation in which each person acts purely for personal benefit

Simplified etymology

Every comes from Old English and is related to ever and each.

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
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛv.(ə.)ri/
**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”.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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