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every
CIDE DICTIONARY
- All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite number. [1913 Webster]"Every man at his best state is altogether vanity." [1913 Webster]"Every door and window was adorned with wreaths of flowers." [1913 Webster]
- Every one. Cf. Each. Shak. [1913 Webster]" Every may, by way of emphasis, precede the article the with a superlative adjective;
as, ." Locke.every , the least variation"Daily occasions given to every of us." [1913 Webster]"In each division there were four pentecosties, in every pentecosty four enomoties, and of each enomoty there fought in the front rank four [soldiers]." [1913 Webster]"If society is to be kept together and the children of Adam to be saved from setting up each for himself with every one else his foe." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
every, adj.
1 each single (heard every word; watched her every movement).
2 each at a specified interval in a series (take every third one; comes every four days).
3 all possible; the utmost degree of (there is every prospect of success).
1 each single (heard every word; watched her every movement).
2 each at a specified interval in a series (take every third one; comes every four days).
3 all possible; the utmost degree of (there is every prospect of success).
Idiom
every bit as colloq. (in comparisons) quite as (every bit as good). every now and again (or now and then) from time to time. every one each one (see also EVERYONE). every other each second in a series (every other day). every so often at intervals; occasionally. every time colloq.
1 without exception.
2 without hesitation.
every which way US colloq.
1 in all directions.
2 in a disorderly manner.
1 without exception.
2 without hesitation.
every which way US colloq.
1 in all directions.
2 in a disorderly manner.
Etymology
OE {aelig}fre {aelig}lc ever each
ROGET THESAURUS
every
Completeness
N completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.Generality
N generality, generalization, universality, catholicity, catholicism, miscellany, miscellaneousness, dragnet, common run, worldwideness, everyone, everybody, all hands, all the world and his wife, anybody, N or M, all sorts, prevalence, run, general, generic, collective, broad, comprehensive, sweeping, encyclopedical, widespread, universal, catholic, catholical, common, worldwide, ecumenical, oecumenical, transcendental, prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting, all over, covered with, Pan-American, Anglican, Pan-Hellenic, Pan-Germanic, slavic, panharmonic, every, all, unspecified, impersonal, customary, whatever, whatsoever, to a man, one and all, generally, always, for better for worse, in general, generally speaking, speaking generally, for the most part, in the long run.For further exploring for "every" in Webster Dictionary Online
