Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Every Bit

Definition: Every Bit

Every Bit

Adverb

1. (often followed by `as') to the same degree; "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; (`every bit' is informal as in "he is every bit as mean as she is").

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Every Bit

Synonyms: as (adv), equally (adv). (additional references)

Top     

Crosswords: Every Bit

English words defined with "every bit": Asequallyfashionablestylish. (references)
Specialty definitions using "every bit": Axiom of ChoiceChristmas tree packet, cyclic checkJoint Bi-level Image Experts Grouplanguages of choice, lossy audio compressionpulse-duration modulation, pulse-width modulation. (references)

Top     

Photo Album: Every Bit

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). "Dear Mom...." A letter from her youngest son, far away at camp, highlights the day for war worker Eva Smuda. Like son, like mother, they're both giving every bit of energy to help Uncle Sam defeat the Axis.Credit: Library of Congress.

Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia. They're out to win the war by gathering up every piece of scrap metal, every bit of worn out rubber, and all waste fats and greases in the town.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Use in Literature: Every Bit

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Every bit of electric wire had been requisitioned.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Non-Fiction Usage: Every Bit

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Buenos Aires, the "Paris of the South" is every bit as dressy and fashion conscious as Milan, Paris, New York or Hong Kong, although it tends to appreciate traditional formality rather than avant-garde experimentation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top     

Expressions: Every Bit

Expressions using "every bit": every bit as every bit of it. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translations: Every Bit

Language Translations for "every bit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏كل قطعة منها (every bit of it). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

във всяко отношение (everyway, throughout), най-малко поне, напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaikki tyynni (all, every bit of it, every single one). (various references)

   

French

  

chaque partie de ça (every bit of it). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ακριβώσ (exactly, precisely, sharp, very). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

minden ízében (every inch). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

everyay itbay

   

Romanian

  

cu totul (all, all in all, downright, entirely, merely, most, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, quite, right, thoroughly, to the full, up to the nines, utterly, wholly), complet (absolute, all out, broad, clear, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, downright, entire, entirely, every inch, exhaustive, fairly, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, stark, strict, suite, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, utterly, whole), întocmai (certainly, even, exactly, for, precise, precisely, sic, slick). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tamamı (complete, in all, out-and-outer), tam olarak (accurately, completely, evenly, exactly, fairly, flat, fully, implicitly, in depth, in full, Plumb, positively, quite, right, rightdown, rootedly, roundly, slap bang, smack, straight, strictly, to a t, true), her parçası. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Bible Trace: Every Bit

LanguageDateSourceNumbers Chapter 31, Verse 20
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai pan periblhma kai pan skeuoV dermatinon kai pasan ergasian ex aigeiaV kai pan skeuoV xulinon afagnieite
Latin405VulgateEt de omni praeda sive vestimentum fuerit sive vas et aliquid in utensilia praeparatum de caprarum pellibus et pilis et ligno expiabitur
Middle English1395WyclifAnd of al the praye, whether clothing it were, other vessel, and eny thing into vsable thingis maad redi, of the skynnes of gootis, and heerys, and tree, it shal be purgid.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd sprinkle all youre raymentes and all that is made of skynnes and all worke of gootes heer ad all thynges made of wodd.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd every bit of clothing, and anything made of leather or goats' hair or wood, you are to make clean.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Matched Bible Translations: Every Bit

LanguageNumbers Chapter 31, Verse 20
CebuanoUg mahitungod sa tagsatagsa ka bisti, ug ang tanan nga hinimo sa panit, ug ang tanan nga binuhat sa balhibo sa kanding ug tanang mga butang nga hinimo sa kahoy pagaulayon ninyo sa inyong kaugalingon.
Croatianoèistite svu odjeæu, sve mješine, sve od kostrijeti napravljeno i sve drvene predmete."
DanishOg enhver Klædning, enhver Læder ting, alt, hvad der er lavet af Gedehår,og alle Træredskaber skal I rense!"
DutchOok zult gij alle kleding, en alle gereedschap van vellen, en alle geiten haren werk, en gereedschap van hout, ontzondigen.
FinnishJa puhdistettakoon jokainen vaate ja jokainen nahkaesine ja kaikki, mikä on tehty vuohen karvoista, ja jokainen puuesine."
FrenchVous purifierez aussi tout vêtement, tout objet de peau, tout ouvrage de poil de chèvre et tout ustensile de bois.
GermanUnd alle Kleider und alles Gerät von Fellen und alles Pelzwerk und alles hölzerne Gefäß sollt ihr entsündigen.
Haitian CreoleN'a fè sèvis pou mete tout rad ak tout bagay ki fèt ak po bèt, bagay ki fèt ak pwal kabrit, bagay ki fèt an bwa, nan kondisyon pou moun k'ap sèvi Bondye ka sèvi ak yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSetiap potong pakaian dan apa saja dari kulit, bulu kambing atau kayu, harus juga disucikan."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan lagi segala pakaian dan segala barang kulit dan segala yang diperbuat dari pada bulu kambing dan segala serba kayu itu hendaklah kamu sucikan dari pada najasatnya.
ItalianPurificherete anche ogni veste, ogni oggetto di pelle, ogni lavoro di pelo di capra e ogni oggetto di legno».
MaoriMe pure ano hoki nga kakahu katoa, me nga oko hiako, me nga mea katoa i hanga ki te huruhuru koati, me nga oko rakau katoa.
NorwegianOg alle klær og alt som er gjort av skinn eller av gjetehår, og alle trekar skal I rense.
PortugueseTambém purificai-vos no tocante a todo vestido, e todo artigo de peles, e toda obra de pelos de cabras, e todo utensílio de madeira.   
RumanianSq curqyiyi deasemenea orice hainq, orice lucru de piele, orice lucru de pqr de caprq wi orice unealtq de lemn.``
SpanishAsimismo, purificaréis todo vestido, todo artículo de cuero, todo objeto de pelo de cabra y todo utensilio de madera.
SwedishAlla kläder och allt som är förfärdigat av skinn och allt som är gjort av gethår och alla redskap av trä skolen I ock rena åt eder."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Anagrams: Every Bit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-r-t-v-y"

-1 letter: brevity.

-2 letters: brevet, ribeye, verite, verity.

-3 letters: beery, beret, biter, breve, evert, every, evite, eyrie, reive, retie, revet, rivet, tribe, veery.

-4 letters: beer, beet, bevy, bier, bite, bree, brie, brit, byre, byte, eery, ever, eyer, eyre, rete, rite, rive, tier, tire, tivy, tree, trey, tyee, tyer, tyre, veer, verb, vert, very, vibe, vier, yeti.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-r-t-v-y"
 

+4 letters: severability, venerability.

 

+5 letters: irretrievably, rebarbatively, retributively, reversibility, subserviently.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Every Bit


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 76 65 72 79      42 69 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110110 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000010 01101001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#118 &#101 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#66 &#105 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0076 0065 0072 0079      0042 0069 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39887184912367586

Top     

 

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Bible Trace
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.