every one

pron — 2 senses

every one

pron
1

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

  • There were three hamburgers and every one (of them) was delicious.
  • There were three patients and she helped every one [of them].
2

Archaic Archaic 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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