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each

Pronunciation: /iːt͡ʃ/

The English word “each” has 5 meanings listed here.

determiner

  1. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

adverb

  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.

pronoun

  1. Every one/thing individually or one by one.

noun

  1. An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

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.

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