Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
ivory. Wright - Each, considered indefinitely as a unitary part of an aggregate; all, of a collective or aggregate number, taken one by one; any, as representing all of whom or of which the same thing is predicated.
- each one (of the whole number); every person; everybody.
- Each of any number of persons or things; every one.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective 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.
- adjective obsolete Every one. Cf.
Each . - adjective [Obs.] every one.
- adjective [Colloq.] at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- determiner All of a countable group, without exception.
- determiner Used with
ordinal numbers to denote those items whose position is divisible by the correspondingcardinal number , or a portion of equal size to that set.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified
- adjective (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
Etymologies
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Examples
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I dreamt I was at a huge convention, but every pro writer bailed except for me and Catherine Asaro, and we were forced to do _every_ panel.
Tweet Dreams scottedelman 2010
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It's coming out of every rock, every drop of rain, every flower, every particle of air, every stitch of clothing, every cell of skin, every bead upon our silly heads.
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By every place, we really mean *every* place — there are Place Pages for businesses, points of interest, transit stations, neighborhoods, landmarks and cities all over the world.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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By every place, we really mean *every* place — there are Place Pages for businesses, points of interest, transit stations, neighborhoods, landmarks and cities all over the world.
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By every place, we really mean *every* place — there are Place Pages for businesses, points of interest, transit stations, neighborhoods, landmarks and cities all over the world.
Place Pages for Google Maps: There are places we remember! 2009
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I recently did a patent investigation and we had to mark every single configuration setting it was a wireless comm application and note _every_ deviation in the setup from what would otherwise be considered the norm.
Pain in Maine, but they can measure rain « Climate Audit 2007
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What was is thatThomas Jefferson said..every 50 years there should be a….hhmmmm..cant seem to remember the rest ..oh yeah every 50 year there should be a rev******CENSORED******
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It works out to one cupcake every two or three weeks, assuming *every* mother brings in cupcakes which is of course not the case.
"Banning cupcakes is almost like an assault on the national identity." Ann Althouse 2006
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_I've_ been wondering, why is the Army spending all its resources to gather up not just every last piece of eetee salvage, but nearly _every person_ who's worked with it?
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"A hungry man is an angry one;" so runs the legend, but, if true, and I have every reason to believe that it is, it held not on the lower deck of the "Iron Duke" this day, for _no_ man was angry, and _every_ man
In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith
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