every

adjective

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

- every person is mortal

- every party is welcome

- had every hope of success

Similar word(s): all

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

- every third seat

- every two hours

Similar word(s): all

determiner

1. All of a countable group, without exception.

- Every person in the room stood and cheered.

2. Used with ordinal numbers to denote those items whose position is divisible by the corresponding cardinal number, or a portion of equal size to that set.

- Every third bead was red, and the rest were blue.

- Decimation originally meant the execution of every tenth soldier in a unit.