different between veery vs every

English

Etymology

Probably imitative of the bird's call. Attested since the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v???i/

Noun

veery (plural veeries)

1. An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada.

Translations

References

• “veery”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “veery”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Every, every, verye, y'ever

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

1. 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.
2. Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.

3. (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

1. 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;