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  • 11every — [[t]e̱vri[/t]] ♦ 1) DET: DET sing n You use every to indicate that you are referring to all the members of a group or all the parts of something and not only some of them. Every village has a green, a church, a pub and a manor house... Record… …

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  • 12every — / evri/ determiner 1 each one of a group of things or people that make a group or set: Every student has to fill in a questionnaire. (=all the students) | every single: Unfortunately the President disagreed with every single thing his aides said …

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  • 13every — 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… …

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  • 14every — see every little helps every man for himself every man for himself, and devil take the hindmost every man for himself, and God for us all every man has his price every man is the architect of his own fortune …

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  • 15every — /ˈɛvri / (say evree) adjective 1. each (referring one by one to all the members of an aggregate): we go there every day; be sure to remember every word he says. 2. all possible; the greatest possible degree of: every prospect of success. –phrase… …

  • 16Every — Henry Every Piratenflagge von Henry Every Henry Every (* 1653 in Plymouth; untergetaucht Oktober 1696) war …

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  • 17every — /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… …

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  • 18every*/*/*/ — [ˈevri] determiner 1) used for referring to all the people or things of a particular type Every bedroom has its own private bathroom.[/ex] She wrote to every member of the committee.[/ex] This is a decision that affects every single one of… …

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  • 19every — 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). Phrases and… …

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  • 20every — eve•ry [[t]ˈɛv ri[/t]] adj. 1) being one of a group or series taken collectively; each: We go there every day[/ex] 2) all possible; the greatest possible degree of: every prospect of success[/ex] • every now and then, on occasion; from time to… …

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