each
pronunciation
How to pronounce each in British English:
UK [iːtʃ]
How to pronounce each in American English:
US [iːtʃ]
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- Adjective:
- (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
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- Adverb:
- to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
Word Origin
- each
- each: [OE] Each comes from Old English ǣlc. This, brief as it is, was in fact originally a compound adjective; it was descended from West Germanic *aiwō galīkaz, literally ‘ever alike’ (*aiwō is the source of English aye ‘ever’ [12], *galīkaz the source of English alike). ǣlc also formed the second element of an Old English expression, literally ‘ever each’, which has become modern English every.=> alike, aye
- each
- Old English ælc (n., pron., adj.) "any, all, every, each (one)," short for a-gelic "ever alike," from a "ever" (see aye (2)) + gelic "alike" (see like (adj.)). From a common West Germanic expression *aiwo galika (cognates: Dutch elk, Old Frisian ellik, Old High German iogilih, German jeglich "each, every"). Originally used as we now use every (which is a compound of each) or all; modern use is by influence of Latin quisque. Modern spelling appeared late 1500s. Also see ilk, such, which.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Each startup always faces choices .
- 2. Each member has one vote .
- 3. Each participant was given 15 one-dollar bills .
- 4. We ask for a glass of barolo each .
- 5. Manufacturers and operators each develop individual app markets .