each
Part of speech: det
adv
pron
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
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.
Inflected forms:
form: aich
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: aitch
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: eache
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: eatch
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: eatche
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: ech
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: eche
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: eich
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: etch
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: eych
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: eyche
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: yeach
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: aich
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: aitch
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: eache
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: eatch
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: eatche
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: ech
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: eche
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: eich
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: etch
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: eych
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: eyche
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: yeach
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: aich
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: aitch
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eache
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eatch
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eatche
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: ech
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eche
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eich
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: etch
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eych
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eyche
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: yeach
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: eaches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aich
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: aitch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eache
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eatch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eatche
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ech
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eche
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eich
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: etch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eych
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eyche
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: yeach
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
pos: det
examples: Make sure you wash each bowl well.
The sun comes up each morning and sets each night.
Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
gloss: For one; apiece; per.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The apples cost 50 cents each.
gloss: 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.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: We ordered half a chicken each, but we each got a whole one.
You are each right in a different way.
There are three of us and we have five dollars each, so that means we've got 15 dollars.
The apartments each boast central heating.
gloss: Every one/thing individually or one by one.
pos: pron
examples: I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
gloss: An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
pos: noun
examples: In one embodiment, there is an additional charge when ordering products as an “each” compared to the unit cost of the item when ordered by the case.
An each, piece, single item, or individual item package.
The commonly used term “each” means that each individual item is one unit.
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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