each
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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”).
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[edit] 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.
- every one; every thing
- I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
- For one; per
- The apples cost 50 cents each.
[edit] 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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every
per
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[edit] Noun
each (plural eaches)
- (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'
- 2007, David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook, CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-3522-8, page 385:
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Most common English words before 1923: always · another · right · #172: each · between · face · tell
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[edit] Irish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Irish ech.
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- IPA: [ax]
[edit] Noun
each m.
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[edit] Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h prefix | with t- prefix |
| each | n-each | heach | t-each |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Etymology
From Old Irish ech.
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- IPA: [jax]
[edit] Noun
each m. (plural eich)
[edit] West Frisian
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- IPA: /jɛx/
[edit] Noun
each c. (pl.: eagen)
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