every one

pronoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see every, one.

“There were three patients and she helped every one [of them].”

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Meanings

pronoun
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see every, one.

    There were three patients and she helped every one [of them].

    1 more example

    There were three hamburgers and every one (of them) was delicious.

  2. archaicArchaic form of everyone.

    […] that Elinor’s merit should not be acknowledged by every one who knew her, was to her comprehension impossible.

    1811, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 30–31
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APA

every one. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/every%20one

MLA

“every one.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/every%20one. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “every one,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/every%20one.

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