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• Every — Ev er*y, a. & a. pron. [OE. everich, everilk; AS. [=ae]fre ever + [ae]lc each. See {Ever}, {each}.] 1. All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• every — index collective Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• every — ev|ery W1S1 [ˈevri] determiner [always followed by a singular C noun] [: Old English; Origin: Afre Alc ever each ] 1.) used to refer to all the people or things in a particular group or all the parts of something ▪ We looked carefully at every… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• every — eve|ry [ evri ] determiner, quantifier *** Every is generally used before a singular countable noun. The only exceptions are at Sense 2, where every can be used in phrases like every three hours, and at Sense 4. A noun subject that follows every… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Every — Henry Every Piratenflagge von Henry Every Henry Every (* 1653 in Plymouth; untergetaucht Oktober 1696) war …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• every — /ev ree/, adj. 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. 3. every bit, in every respect; completely: This is every bit as good… …   Universalium

• every — adjective Etymology: Middle English everich, every, from Old English ǣfre ǣlc, from ǣfre ever + ǣlc each Date: before 12th century 1. a. being each individual or part of a group without exception b. being each in a series or succession < every… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Every — This is a French locational name which derives from the town of Evreux in Normandy. Alternative surname spellings include Everie, Every, Everest, Everit Everex and Everix. The original name holders are believed to have been followers of the… …   Surnames reference

• every — [OE] Stripped down into its component parts, every means literally ‘ever each’. It was originally an Old English compound made up of ǣfre ‘ever’ and ǣlc ‘ each’, in which basically the ‘ever’ was performing an emphasizing function; in modern… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• every — See: AT EVERY TURN, EACH AND EVERY …   Dictionary of American idioms

• every — See: AT EVERY TURN, EACH AND EVERY …   Dictionary of American idioms