each
each - English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /iːt͡ʃ/
- (US) IPA: /it͡ʃ/
Determiner
each
- 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.
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Adverb
each (not comparable)
- For one; apiece; per.
- The apples cost 50 cents each.
- 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.
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Pronoun
each
- 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)
- (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)
- (archaic) horse
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- eachmairt
- eachra
- giolla eich (“horse-boy”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with 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)
- horse (Equus caballus)
- tha an t-each na throtan ― the horse is trotting
- air muin eich ― on horseback
- Cò air a tha sibh a' bruidhinn? – Tha sinn a' bruidhinn air eich!
- Who/what are you talking about? – None of your business!
- (literally, “We are talking about horses”)
- (dated) brute (coarse person)
Declension
Indefinite | ||
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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/