each

each - English

Alternative forms

  • (England) aich, (England, obsolete) aitch, (obsolete) eache, (obsolete) eatch, (obsolete) eatche, (obsolete) ech, (obsolete) eche, (obsolete) eich, (England, obsolete) etch, (England, obsolete) eych, (England, obsolete) eyche, (England, obsolete) yeach

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /iːt͡ʃ/
  • (US) IPA: /it͡ʃ/

Determiner

each

  1. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
    • Make sure you wash each bowl well.
    • The sun comes up each morning and sets each night.

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

Adverb

each (not comparable)

  1. For one; apiece; per.
    • The apples cost 50 cents each.
  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.
    • We ordered half a chicken each, but we each got a whole one.
    • You are each right in a different way.
    • There are three of us and we have five dollars each, so that means we've got 15 dollars.

Translations

Pronoun

each

  1. Every one/thing individually or one by one.
    • I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
    • From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

Noun

each (plural eaches)

  1. (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

Derived terms

Anagrams

each - Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ax/

Noun

each m (genitive singular eich, nominative plural eacha)

  1. (archaic) horse

Declension

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative each eacha
Vocative a eich a eacha
Genitive eich each
Dative each eacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-each na heacha
Genitive an eich na n-each
Dative leis an each

don each

leis na heacha

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

each - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛx/
  • Hyphenation: each

Noun

each m (genitive singular eich, plural eich)

  1. horse (Equus caballus)
    • tha an t-each na throtanthe horse is trotting
    • air muin eichon horseback
    • air a tha sibh a' bruidhinn? – Tha sinn a' bruidhinn air eich!
  2. (dated) brute (coarse person)

Declension

Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative each eich
Genitive eich each
Dative each eich; eachaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) t-each (na) h-eich
Genitive (an) eich (nan) each
Dative (an) each (na) h-eich; h-eachaibh*
Vocative (a) eich (a) eacha

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

each - West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɪə̯x/

Noun

each c (plural eagen, diminutive eachje)

  1. eye
Meaning and Definition of each
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