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[ article ] determiner, all without exception
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[ adjective ] each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified
Examples "every third seat" "every two hours" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Measurements of skins are of little value ; every snake hide is noticeably longer than its carcass and intentional stretching presents no difficulty to the unscrupulous explorer . (Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)Then every linear_operator T on V can be written as the sum of a diagonalizable operator D and a nilpotent operator N which commute . (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)If the vertex is at **f , and if the interior of C is on the left as one moves in the direction of increasing t , then every such corner can be found from the curve obtained by rotating C clockwise through 90 ` about the vertex . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)In later collages of both masters , a variety of extraneous materials are used , sometimes in the same work , and almost always in_conjunction_with every other eye-deceiving and eye-undeceiving device they can think_of . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)The doctors had suggested Scotty remain most of every afternoon in bed until he was stronger . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 21613
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[ adjective ] (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
Examples "every person is mortal" "every party is welcome" "had every hope of success" "every chance of winning" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)The department apparently intends to make the Rural_Roads_Authority a revolving_fund under which new bonds would be issued every time a portion of the old ones are paid_off by tax authorities . (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The brush moves up_and_down and is small enough to clean every dental surface , including the back of the teeth . The brushes can be cleaned and sterilized by boiling and are detachable so_that every member of the family can have his own . Every man who dabbles_in the market to make a_little easy_money on_the_side and suffers losses could at the time hardly face his wife who was wondering how her husband could be so dumb . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)When we see the steady and methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man 's worthlessness - until redeemed - the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon , a weapon designed and used time_and_time_again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a particular church or church-state '' . Related terms |
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