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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:
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ewery
English
Alternative forms
- ewry
Etymology
From ewer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j???i/
Noun
ewery (plural eweries)
- (historical, Britain) An office or place of household service where the ewers and table linen were kept.
References
Anagrams
- Weyer, wreye
ewery From the web:
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- what every girl wants
- what every teenage girl wants
- what every girl wants in a guy
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- what every gamer needs
- what every baker needs
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