every - English word #162

Translation

Each one of a group, with none left out.

Word origin

From Old English aefre aelc, meaning ever each, which ran together into one word.

brush teeth every morning.

"Every" means each morning, with none left out.

Every child got small gift.

"Every" shows that each one of the children got a gift.

knows every word song.

Here "every" means all of the words, one by one.

each

Every one of two or more things or people, thought of one at a time.

all

The whole amount or every one of a group of things or people.

any

Some amount or number, used mostly in questions and negative sentences.

some

An amount or number that is not exact, a few or a little.

both

The two people or things together, not just one of them.

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