every time

See also: everytime

English

Alternative forms

• everytime (proscribed)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

every time (not comparable)

1. At each occasion that.

   Every time I see you, it makes me happy.

2. (informal, idiomatic) Used to express a strong preference for one thing over another.

   You can keep your wine — give me beer every time!

   If I had the choice between going to work and staying at home, I'd pick staying at home every time.

Synonyms

• (at each occasion that): each time, whenever

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “at each occasion that”): never

Derived terms

• at church every time the doors are open
• every time one farts
• every time one turns around
• if I had a nickel for every time

Translations

at each occasion that

Arabic: كُلَّمَا (kullamā) Chinese: Cantonese: 次次 (ci3 ci3), 每次 (mui5 ci3), 下下 (haa5 haa5) Mandarin: 每當 / 每当 (zh) (měidāng) Dutch: steeds (nl), telkens (nl) Esperanto: ĉiufoje Estonian: iga kord Finnish: joka kerta kun, aina kun French: chaque fois que, à chaque fois que German: jedes Mal (de), immer wenn, so oft Icelandic: í hvert skipti (is), í hvert sinn Italian: ogni volta Japanese: 毎度 (ja) (まいど, maido), 毎回 (ja) (まいかい, maikai), いつも (ja) (itsumo) Latin: quoties, unquam Maore Comorian: kula, kula saa Ngazidja Comorian: haina wakati, haini wakati, haini sa Plautdietsch: jiedatsmol Polish: za każdym razem (pl), każdokroć, każdokrotnie, każdorazowo Portuguese: sempre que, toda vez Romanian: de fiecare dată, ori de câte ori Russian: ка́ждый раз (ru) (káždyj raz), всегда́ (ru) (vsegdá) Spanish: cada vez Swedish: varje gång

used to express a preference

Finnish: aina (fi) German: immer (de) Romanian: oricând (ro) Spanish: siempre (es), mil veces