every

Determiner

1. All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.
   • Every person in the room stood and cheered.
   • She watches my every move.
   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle,...
2. Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.
   • We stopped for refreshments every ten miles.
   • The alarm is going off every few minutes.
   • Every third bead was red, and the rest were blue. The sequence was thus red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue etc.
3. Denotes an abundance of something.
   • We wish you every happiness in the future.
   • He shows every sign of becoming an excellent player. I have every confidence in him.
   • There is every reason why we shouldn't.