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every

/ˈɛvəri/
/ˈɛvri/
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Use the adjective every to talk about all examples of something or all the members of a group. If you invite every classmate to your party, you're asking all 30 of them to come.

When you plan a trip to visit every national park in the US, you are intending to travel to 59 different parks — all of them. When you talk about time, you can also use every to explain how often an event occurs: "I've been waking up every hour lately." Every was originally a contraction of æfre ælc, "each of a group" or "ever each" in Old English.

Definitions of every
  1. adjective
    (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
    every person is mortal”
    every party is welcome”
    “had every hope of success”
    every chance of winning”
    synonyms:
    all
    quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
  2. adjective
    each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified
    every third seat”
    every two hours”
    synonyms:
    all
    quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
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/ˈɛvəri/
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/ˈɛvri/
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