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evert
English
Etymology
From Late Latin ?vertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ?vertere, present active infinitive of ?vert? (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ?- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vert? (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /i?v?t/, /?-/
Verb
evert (third-person singular simple present everts, present participle everting, simple past and past participle everted)
- (transitive, often biology, physiology) To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- (transitive, obsolete) To move (someone or something) out of the way.
- (transitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To turn upside down; to overturn.
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To disrupt; to overthrow.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with avert.
Conjugation
Related terms
- everse
- eversion
- everted (adjective)
Translations
References
Anagrams
- revet, terve
evert From the web:
- what everts the foot
- what everton score
- what everton games are on tv
- what everton players are on international duty
- what's everton's next game
- what's everton score today
- what's everton's nickname
- what everton player are you
every
English
Alternative forms
- ev’ry (poetic)
- euery (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English every, everich, eaver-euch, averiche, aver alche, ever ælche, from Old English ?fre ?l?, ?fre ??hwil?, ?fre ?ehwil? (“each and every”), equivalent to ever +? each and/or ever +? which.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??v.(?.)?i/
- Hyphenation: eve?ry, ev?e?ry
Determiner
every
- All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.
- (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.
Synonyms
- each
- (slang) e'ry
Antonyms
- no
- none
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: ibri
Translations
See also
- all
- each
Anagrams
- veery, verye, y'ever
Middle English
Adjective
every
- Alternative form of everich
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 3-4.
- And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
- Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 3-4.
every From the web:
- what every body is saying
- what every driver must know
- what every teenage girl wants
- what every kitchen needs
- what every baker needs
- what every gamer needs
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