# every

Pronunciation: say "EV-ree" /ˈɛv.(ə.)ɹi/

## Determiner

1. Used to refer to all the members of a group individually, without exception.
   - Simple: All the people or things in a group, with none left out.
   - _Every seat was taken._
   - _He knows every street in the city._
2. At a stated interval, or the proportion such spacing gives ('every third bead was red, and the rest were blue'; 'every ten miles'; 'every few minutes').
   - Simple: Once in each stated amount of time, distance, or number of things, as in 'every ten miles' or 'every third bead'.
   - _The bus runs every twenty minutes._
   - _Every other house had a flag out._
3. With certain nouns, all possible or an abundance of.
   - Simple: Used with words like 'reason' or 'confidence' to mean 'all possible'.
   - _There is every chance of rain tomorrow._
   - _He showed every sign of enjoying himself._

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English every (also everich, averiche), from Old English ǣfre ǣlċ, ǣfre ǣġhwelċ meaning "each and every." On the surface it can be analysed as "ever" plus "each" (or "ever" plus "which").

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