Meanings
adverbevery time (not comparable)
alternative everytime
- idiomaticinformalnot comparableUsed to express a strong preference for one thing over another.
You can keep your wine — give me beer every time!
1 more example
If I had the choice between going to work and staying at home, I'd pick staying at home every time.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAt each occasion that.
Similar
each timewhenever
antonym(s) of “at each occasion that”
Opposite
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Translations
Arabic كُلَّمَا
- كُلَّمَا (kullamā)at each occasion that
Chinese Cantonese 次次, 每次
- 次次 (ci³ ci³)at each occasion that
- 每次 (mui⁵ ci³)at each occasion that
- 下下 (haa⁵ haa⁵)at each occasion that
Chinese Mandarin 每當 /每当
- 每當 /每当 (měidāng)at each occasion that
Dutch steeds, telkens
- steedsat each occasion that
- telkensat each occasion that
Esperanto ĉiufoje
- ĉiufojeat each occasion that
Estonian iga kord
- iga kordat each occasion that
Finnish joka kerta kun, aina kun
- joka kerta kunat each occasion that
- aina kunat each occasion that
- ainaused to express a preference
French chaque fois que, à chaque fois que
- chaque fois queat each occasion that
- à chaque fois queat each occasion that
German jedes Mal, immer wenn
- jedes Malat each occasion that
- immer wennat each occasion that
- so oftat each occasion that
- immerused to express a preference
Icelandic í hvert skipti, í hvert sinn
- í hvert skiptiat each occasion that
- í hvert sinnat each occasion that
Italian ogni volta
- ogni voltaat each occasion that
Japanese 毎度, 毎回
- 毎度 (maido)at each occasion that
- 毎回 (maikai)at each occasion that
- いつも (itsumo)at each occasion that
Latin quoties, unquam
- quotiesat each occasion that
- unquamat each occasion that
Polish za każdym razem, każdokroć
- za każdym razemat each occasion that
- każdokroćat each occasion that
- każdokrotnieat each occasion that
- każdorazowoat each occasion that
Portuguese sempre que, toda vez
- sempre queat each occasion that
- toda vezat each occasion that
Romanian de fiecare dată, ori de câte ori
- de fiecare datăat each occasion that
- ori de câte oriat each occasion that
- oricândused to express a preference
Russian ка́ждый раз, всегда́
- ка́ждый раз (káždyj raz)at each occasion that
- всегда́ (vsegdá)at each occasion that
Spanish cada vez, siempre
- cada vezat each occasion that
- siempreused to express a preference
- mil vecesused to express a preference
Swedish varje gång
- varje gångat each occasion that
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every time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/every%20time
MLA
“every time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/every%20time. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “every time,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/every%20time.
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