Meanings
- Each without exception; used for emphasis.
Each and every one of the employees attended, and everyone had a good time.
1 more example
Do not leave without checking each and every door to make sure it is locked.
Synonyms: any and every, any and all, every last, every single
Synonyms & antonyms
determinerEach without exception; used for emphasis.
Origin
Thoroughness by shifting in perspective from considering a group individually and collectively, respectively.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan tots i cadascun
- tots i cadascuneach without exception
Finnish joka ikinen
- joka ikineneach without exception
French chaque
- chaqueeach without exception
German jeder einzelne, aller und jeder
- jeder einzelneeach without exception
- aller und jedereach without exception
Hungarian mindegyik, minden egyes
- mindegyikeach without exception
- minden egyeseach without exception
Polish wszyscy bez wyjątku, wszystkie bez wyjątku
- wszyscy bez wyjątkueach without exception
- wszystkie bez wyjątkueach without exception
Romanian toți fără excepție
- toți fără excepțieeach without exception
Slovak každý a jeden
- každý a jedeneach without exception
Spanish todos y cada uno de, todas y cada una de
- todos y cada uno deeach without exception
- todas y cada una deeach without exception
Swedish var och en, varjom och enom
- var och eneach without exception
- varjom och enomeach without exception
Tamil எல்லா, எ-
- எல்லா (ellā)each without exception
- எ- (e-)each without exception
- யா- (yā-)each without exception
Cite this entry
each and every. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/each%20and%20every
“each and every.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/each%20and%20every. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “each and every,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/each%20and%20every.
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