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Grammar : Adj, adv, pron
Spell : eech
Phonetic Transcription : itʃ



Definition of each

Origin :
  • Old English ælc "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 (cf. 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 cf. ilk, which.
  • adj every
  • adv apiece; for one
  • pron each one
Example sentences :
  • A neutral was this good woman, and a well-wisher to each faction.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Each instinctively touched the other's arm, as a signal for silence.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The boys possessed two uncles, one on each side of the house.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Throughout the dinner their entire absorption in each other was all but unbroken.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Dennet was astir early to see them off, and she had a little gift for each.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Found it rather long hours watching, namely, about four hours each.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Each step, while it was intended to be the last, only made some other last step needful.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Strange, by what slender threads our lives are knitted to each other!
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Each time she came, Malbone wished that she might never go or never return.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • They should come when each child was two, and stay till it was twenty.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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