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  • 51now */*/*/ — UK [naʊ] / US adverb, conjunction Summary: Now is used in the following ways: as an adverb: We d better leave now to get there on time. ♦ Now, what shall we do next? as a conjunction, often with that : Now that I m married, I don t go out in the… …

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  • 52every — ev|ery W1S1 [ˈevri] determiner [always followed by a singular C noun] [: Old English; Origin: Afre Alc ever each ] 1.) used to refer to all the people or things in a particular group or all the parts of something ▪ We looked carefully at every… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 53every */*/*/ — UK [ˈevrɪ] / US determiner Summary: Every is generally used before a singular countable noun. The only exceptions are at Sense 2, where every can be used in phrases like every three hours , and at Sense 3. A noun subject that follows every is… …

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  • 54every — eve|ry [ evri ] determiner, quantifier *** Every is generally used before a singular countable noun. The only exceptions are at Sense 2, where every can be used in phrases like every three hours, and at Sense 4. A noun subject that follows every… …

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  • 55every — / evri/ determiner 1 each one of a group of things or people that make a group or set: Every student has to fill in a questionnaire. (=all the students) | every single: Unfortunately the President disagreed with every single thing his aides said …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 56every — /ev ree/, adj. 1. being one of a group or series taken collectively; each: We go there every day. 2. all possible; the greatest possible degree of: every prospect of success. 3. every bit, in every respect; completely: This is every bit as good… …

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  • 57then — then1 W1S1 [ðen] adv [: Old English; Origin: thonne, thAnne] 1.) at a particular time in the past or future ▪ I wish I had known then what I know now. ▪ It was then that I realised she d tricked me. ▪ He started his career in St Petersburg or… …

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  • 58every so often — adverb occasionally (Freq. 1) every so often she visits her father • Syn: ↑every now and then * * * phrasal see every now and then * * * every so often At intervals or periodically • • • Main Entry …

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  • 59every — /ˈɛvri / (say evree) adjective 1. each (referring one by one to all the members of an aggregate): we go there every day; be sure to remember every word he says. 2. all possible; the greatest possible degree of: every prospect of success. –phrase… …

  • 60now*/*/*/ — [naʊ] grammar word summary: Now can be: ■ an adverb: We d better leave now. ■ a conjunction, often with ‘that : Now that I m married, I don t go out so much. 1) at the present time He is now 48 years old.[/ex] She s been very ill, but she s much… …

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