English Explanatory Dictionary

each

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
adv
  1. For one; apiece; per.
  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.
pron
  1. Every one/thing individually or one by one.
noun
  1. An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

Pronunciation

/iːt͡ʃ/ /it͡ʃ/ en-us-each.ogg

Word forms

each aich aitch eache eatch eatche ech eche eich etch eych eyche yeach eaches

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.

Related words

quantifier

Derived words

each and every each other eachwhere to each his own a bob each way at each other's throats crawl over each other each to his own each to their own each-way each way live in each other's pockets made for each other side by each to each their own two bob each way
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