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eve·ry [ évvree ] CORE MEANING: used to indicate each member of a group without exception
  Every life has value. |
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1. each excluding none: each member of a group, without exception
Every life is precious.
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2. to greatest extent: used to emphasize that there is all there could be of a particular quality
The committee has every intention of exploring this issue.
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3. recurring at particular interval: used to indicate each occurrence in recurrent or intermittent groups of things, or to indicate a ratio
We intend to meet every two weeks.
Take this medicine every three hours.
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| [13th century. < Old English ǣfre ǣlc "ever each"] |
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every now and then occasionally
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every other each alternate thing, person, or occasion
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