Collocations for "every"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "every" in context.
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every
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- every [person, animal, item, guest, visitor, customer]
- [happens, goes, comes] every [hour, day, year]
- every moment you [waste, work, use]
- in every [city, country, school, class]
- [gets, scares, surprises] me every time
- every [kind, aspect, category, question] (of)
- every man, woman and child [has, can, must]
- there's a [bus, service, train] every [hour]
- every [one, minute, cent, little] counts
- has every chance of [winning, success]
- (is) every bit as [good, fast, special, horrible, special] as
- every now and then I [read the paper, go to the store]
- [read the paper] every now and then
- [go, try, speak] only every so often
- every so often it [rains, snows]
- every other [day, week, Wednesday]
- [work, study, go] every other [day]
- every other [student, company, child] [has, goes, does]
- placed the [clothes, toys, cutlery] every which way
'every' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
August
- December
- Dick
- February
- Friday
- ID
- January
- July
- June
- May
- Monday
- November
- October
- Saturday
- September
- Sunday
- Thursday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- accommodate
- activity
- afternoon
- allotment
- allowance
- almost
- amazing
- anguish
- appalling
- applicant
- argument
- aspect
- assignment
- associated
- attractive
- bake
- barbecue
- beautiful
- bell
- bike
- billion
- binder
- bit
- bite
- blessed
- blog
- book
- break
- breathtaking
- bus
- cafeteria