each

Meaning

Det

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

Adv

1. For one; apiece; per.
2. Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group.

Pron

Every one/thing individually or one by one.

Noun

An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

Synonyms

every

🔁

all

which

each of both

any

apiece

per

one by one

every one

individual

everyone

respectively

alone

either

everybody

for each one

in every

each person

all the

at

from each one

to each one

with

totally

each time

each house

each one

individually

in order to

inside

into

near

neither

next to

on

🔛

one at a time

only

onto

other

an

per capita

per head

place

entirely

alongside

several

severally

single

succession

toward

towards

unanimously

unique

upon

whatever

whichever

aboard

for each

every one of

near to

by

entire

respective

both

at intervals of

beside

at the rate of

every time

for

get along

in

atop

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iːt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English eche, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk (“each, every”). Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglich (“any”).

Sentences

Yet each felt his heart beat a bit faster .

The village still has streets named for each of the three patriots .

They were fascinating stories: each of them lived out his destiny to the end .

However , presenter will continue to speak about the sentencing each " criminal " had .

The Scotland Act set out a four-year maximum term for each session of Parliament .

Some folk traditions assign a different attribute to each leaf of a clover .

Each " field " is subdivided into " groups ", which are further divided into "sub-groups".

Each plant produces either functionally male flowers or functionally female flowers .