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: telkens wanneer
• 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)