"every single" meaning in English

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Determiner

IPA: /ˈɛv.(ə.)ɹi ˈsɪŋɡəl/ Audio: en-us-every single.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} every single, {{en-det}} every single
  1. Every, without any exceptions. (used for emphasis) Synonyms: every last, each and every Derived forms: every single time Related terms: quantifier
    Sense id: en-every_single-en-det-5dip8QqR Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        {
          "ref": "1911, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Mother Carey's Chickens:",
          "text": "\"[...] you must take turns in writing to me, children!\"\n\"Every single day, mother!\"\n\"Every single thing that happens.\"",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Sorry, love, they all look the same to me,” said Dad, desperately trying to spot one with a particularly pink nose. “Armitage? ARMITAGE!” called Zoe. All the rats eeked. Every single one of them wanted to escape.\n“We’ll just have to set them all free,” said Zoe.",
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          "ref": "2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 104:",
          "text": "Sybil had picked armfuls of lilies and daisies and roses from the garden and every single gladiolus, gathering them in the earliest morning when they were fresh and packing them carefully into an applebox on the carrier of her bike.",
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          "word": "every last"
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      "word": "every last"
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