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You use e____ in order to say how often something happens or to indicate that something happens at regular intervals .You use every in order to say how often something happens or to indicate that something happens at regular intervals .
We were made to attend meetings every day.
A burglary occurs every three minutes in London.
She will need to have the therapy repeated every few months.
They meet here every Friday morning.
word every
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determiner
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 every expenditure you make.
...Mediterranean fish of every shape and hue.
We need help, every kind of help.
...recipes for every occasion.
His every utterance will be scrutinized.
He will find his every step more harshly spotlighted than has been the case previously.
You use every in order to say how often something happens or to indicate that something happens at regular intervals .
We were made to attend meetings every day.
A burglary occurs every three minutes in London.
She will need to have the therapy repeated every few months.
They meet here every Friday morning.
You use every in front of a number when you are saying what proportion of people or things something happens to or applies to.
Human beings spend about eight out of every 24 hours sleeping.
About one in every 20 people have clinical depression.
He said Africa was suffering badly from deforestation: for every ten trees cut down, only one was planted.
You can use every before some nouns, for example ' sign ', ' effort ', ' reason ', and ' intention ' in order to emphasize what you are saying.
Like most of those on the dance floor, they give every sign of delight.
I think that there is every chance that you will succeed.
Make every effort to visit a person suffering a significant loss, rather than writing or telephoning.
Every care has been taken in compiling this list.
adjective
If you say that someone's every whim, wish, or desire will be satisfied, you are emphasizing that everything they want will happen or be provided .
Dozens of servants had catered to his every whim.
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