each
Meanings
Plural: eaches
Adjective Satellite
- (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
- "each person is mortal"
- "each party is welcome"
Adverb
- to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
- "they received $10 each"
Det
- All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
Adv
- For one; apiece; per.
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
apiece, for each one, from each one, to each one
Scrabble Score: 9
each is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordeach is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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