Every (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. being one of a group or series taken collectively; each: We go there every day.
  2. all possible; the greatest possible degree of: every prospect of success.
Idioms
  1. in every respect; completely: This is every bit as good as she says it is.
  2. on occasion; from time to time: She bakes her own bread every now and then.
  3. every second; every alternate: milk deliveries every other day.
  4. in all directions; in disorganized fashion: I brushed against the table, and the cards fell every which way.
determiner
  1. each one (of the class specified), without exception
  2. the greatest or best possible
  3. each: used before a noun phrase to indicate the recurrent, intermittent, or serial nature of a thing
  4. quite; just; equally
  5. each alternate; every second
  6. every which way
    • in all directions; everywhere
    • from all sides
Every (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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