Every vs Par - What's the difference?
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All of a countable group, without exception.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every' tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met ' every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
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Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
Equality of condition or circumstances.
(golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
(golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par
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, passage=Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth. }}
(golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
As a proper noun every
is .As a noun par is
pair, couple.every
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Alternative forms
* ev’ry (poetic) * euery (obsolete)Determiner
(en determiner)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
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* eachAntonyms
* noDerived terms
* a chicken in every pot * each and every * every bit * everybody * every cloud has a silver lining * every dog has its day * every five minutes * every last * every little helps * every man for himself * every man Jack, every man jack * every nook and cranny * everyone * every other * every second * every so often * everything * every time * everywhere * every which way * every which where * hang on someone's every word * there are two sides to every question * there is an exception to every rule * worth every pennySee also
* all * eachStatistics
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* Used frequently in Middle English in phrases taken from French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.Noun
(en noun)- He needs to make this shot for par .
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Derived terms
* below par * on par, on a par * par for the course * under par * up to parVerb
(parr)- He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.
