each

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English eche, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwilċ (“each, every, any, all”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwô (“ever, always”) + *galīkaz (“alike”), equivalent to ay + like. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), West Frisian elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), German jeglich (“any”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Determiner [edit]

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.
  2. every one; every thing
    I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
  3. For one; per
    The apples cost 50 cents each.

Usage notes [edit]

  • (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 [edit]

every
per

Related terms [edit]

Noun [edit]

each (plural eaches)

  1. (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
    • 2007, David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook, CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-3522-8, page 385:
      An each, piece, single item, or individual item package.
    • 2008, Frederick Neuhouser, Rousseau's theodicy of self-love, page 238:
      Amour-propre would be able to take an interest in assuming the standpoint of reason, then, if applying 'each' to oneself in rational deliberation were simultaneously bound up with publicly establishing oneself as an 'each'

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Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

each m (genitive eich, nominative plural eacha)

  1. (archaic) horse

Declension [edit]

Declension of each

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 [edit]

Mutation [edit]

Irish mutation
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.

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɛx/, /jax/

Noun [edit]

each m (genitive and plural eich)

  1. horse
  2. (dated) brute

Derived terms [edit]

West Frisian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Frisian āge, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare North Frisian ug, Dutch oog, English eye, German Auge.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

each c (pl: eagen)

  1. (anatomy) eye
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