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Webster 1913 Edition
Each
Each
(ēch)
, Adj.
or Adj.
pron.
1.
Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun;
“Each of the combatants.” as,
. each
of you or each
one of youFielding.
☞ To each corresponds other. “Let each esteem other better than himself.” Each other, used elliptically for each the other. It is our duty to assist each other; that is, it is our duty, each to assist the other, each being in the nominative and other in the objective case.
It is a bad thing that men should hate
each
other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another’s throats without hatred. Macaulay.
Let
His adamantine coat gird well.
each
His adamantine coat gird well.
Milton.
In
each
cheek appears a pretty dimple. Shakespeare
Then draw we nearer day by day,
Each
to his brethren, all to God. Keble.
The oak and the elm have
each
a distinct character. Gilpin.
2.
Every; – sometimes used interchangeably with every.
Shak.
I know
each
lane and every alley green. Milton.
In short
each
man's happiness depends upon himself. Sterne.
Syn. – See
Every
. Webster 1828 Edition
Each
EACH
,Adj.
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment. Gen.14.
And the princes of Israel, being twelve men, each one was for the house of his fathers. Num.1.
Simeon and Levi took each man his sword. Gen.34.
The emperor distributed to each soldier in his army a liberal donative.
To each corresponds other. Let each esteem other better than himself. It is our duty to assist each other; that is, it is our duty to assist, each to assist the other.
Definition 2024
each
each
English
Determiner
each
- All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
- make sure you wash each bowl well; the sun comes up each morning and sets each night
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- Every one; every thing.
- I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
- For one; per.
- The apples cost 50 cents each.
Usage notes
- (all, every): The phrase beginning with each identifies a set of items wherein the words following each identify the individual elements by their shared characteristics. The phrase is grammatically singular in number, so if the phrase is the subject of a sentence, its verb is conjugated into a third-person singular form. Similarly, any pronouns that refer to the noun phrase are singular:
- Each candidate has 49 votes.
- Each voter must decide for herself.
Translations
every
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per
Related terms
Noun
each (plural eaches)
- (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
- 2007, David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook, CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-3522-8, page 385:
- An each, piece, single item, or individual item package.
- 2008, Frederick Neuhouser, Rousseau's theodicy of self-love, page 238:
- Amour-propre would be able to take an interest in assuming the standpoint of reason, then, if applying 'each' to oneself in rational deliberation were simultaneously bound up with publicly establishing oneself as an 'each'
- 2007, David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook, CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-3522-8, page 385:
Statistics
Most common English words before 1923: always · another · right · #172: each · between · face · tell
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ax/
Noun
each m (genitive singular eich, nominative plural eacha)
- (archaic) horse
Declension
Declension of each
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- eachmairt
- giolla eich (“horse-boy”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| each | n-each | heach | t-each |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “ech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “eaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 22.
- "each" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛx/, /jax/
Noun
each m (genitive singular eich, plural eich)
Derived terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “ech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian āge, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare North Frisian uug, Dutch oog, English eye, German Auge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛx/
Noun
each c (plural eagen)