EVERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does every mean? 

• EVERY (adjective)
  The adjective EVERY has 2 senses:

1. (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception

2. each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified

  Familiarity information: EVERY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVERY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception

Context example:

every chance of winning

Similar:

all ((quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified

Context example:

every two hours

Similar:

all ((quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class)

 Context examples 

Buck, as was his custom, was lying in a corner, head on paws, watching his master’s every action.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

To keep your skills up, you should repeat the training every two years.

(CPR, NIH)

You may need to take medicines every day, or only once in a while.

(Medicines, NIH)

The procedure should be done at the same time every day.

(Colostomy irrigation, NCI Dictionary)

The baying of the wolves sounded nearer and nearer, as though they were closing round on us from every side.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

To possess every necessary or normal part or component or step; having come or been brought to a conclusion.

(Complete, NCI Thesaurus)

From puberty until menopause, menstruation occurs about every 28 days, but does not occur during pregnancy.

(Menstrual period, NCI Dictionary)

Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

(Mental Health, NIH)

Every month, your body prepares for pregnancy.

(Menstruation, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Found on virtually every cell, MHC (Major Histocompatibility, HLA) Class-I (Antigens) Proteins consist of noncovalently bound polymorphic 44-kDa MHC membrane glycoprotein and nonpolymorphic 12-kDa b2-microglobulin.

(MHC Class I Protein, NCI Thesaurus)