every
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
every/ˈevri/
▶determiner
- 1 used to refer to all the individual members of a set without exception.
■ all possible; the utmost.
- 2 used to indicate how often something happens.
– phrases
every bit as (in comparisons) quite as.
every now and again (or every so often) occasionally.
every other each alternate in a series.
every which way informal in all directions.
every bit as (in comparisons) quite as.
every now and again (or every so often) occasionally.
every other each alternate in a series.
every which way informal in all directions.
■ by all available means.
'every' also found in these Oxford entries:
afternoon
- all-points bulletin
- all-seater
- alternate
- alternative
- annual
- appearance
- ark
- around
- backwards
- bell
- bi-
- biennial
- bimonthly
- biweekly
- biyearly
- claimer
- clear-cut
- community charge
- cover
- daily
- decennial
- decimate
- detail
- determiner
- distribute
- dyne
- each
- early closing
- El Niño
- evening
- everybody
- everyone
- every one
- fortnightly
- hand
- he
- hemihydrate
- hereditary
- horary
- hourly
- human right
- if
- inch
- inform
- invariably
- jack
- jubilee
- Julian calendar
