every bit
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3.4
- idiom
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- Publication in the right places is every bit as important as what is published.
- every bit as
- every bit as much
- every bit as important
She is every bit as crazy as you think.
- She is every bit as crazy as you think.
- So he went on to be every bit as famous as Tiger Woods.
- Yeah, that guy, I'll tell you, that guy is every bit as intense as he comes across.
- And Hail Mary is every bit as thrilling as The Martian to me.
- For people who are on the left, social rights are genuine human rights, and they're every bit as important as political rights.
- Well, I think go karts are every bit as respectable as any other machine on the road.
- And it's every bit as fantastical as I thought it was when I was a child.
- That's every bit as equally alarming as him just lying in the face of the truth.
Examples
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It's every bit as bad as that.
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She was every bit as much of a person as you are.
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I'll tell you, it took every bit of strength I had to hold it while the guy took the picture.
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So he went on to be every bit as famous as Tiger Woods.
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Your reputation is on the line every bit as much as ours.
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But when she sat down opposite me, she looked every bit as uncomfortable as I probably did.
Fiction book (1997) -
She is every bit as crazy as you think.
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Every human being who's a part of society is every bit as important as you.
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We're every bit as good as the Everglots.
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The new product is every bit as effective as the previous version.
Synonyms
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1.0
In the same way or to the same amount
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to the same degree; equally' is linked to the constituents because 'bit' denotes an amount and 'every' distributes across amounts, giving a plausible sense of 'in every respect' or 'to every extent.' However, the phrase functions as a fixed emphatic comparative ('every bit as') and this specific comparative usage is not fully predictable from the parts alone, so a B1 learner may need exposure to use it reliably.
Etymology
Every bit comes from the idea that every small bit of something is the same, so if every little part matches, the whole thing matches. So every bit came to mean 'to the same degree' or 'equally'.