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. (not-comparable) For one; apiece; per.
2. (not-comparable) 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

Translations

chaque

jeder

cada

ogni

ieder

elk

chacun

tout

ciascuno

jedes

jede

κάθε

cada

je

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iːt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: eche

Inherited from Old English: ǣlċ

Cognate with Scots: ilk

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: älk

Cognate with Western Frisian: elk

Cognate with Dutch: elk

Cognate with Low German: elk

Cognate with German: jeglich

In summary

From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike.
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 jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which.

Sentences

He takes the oath of office each March .

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

Early versions of talk did not separate text from each user .

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

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

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