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each

[eech]

adjective

every one of two or more considered individually or one by one: each stone in a building; a hallway with a door at each end.

pronoun

every one individually; each one: Each had a different solution to the problem.

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adverb

to, from, or for each; apiece: They cost a dollar each.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English eche, Old English ælc, equivalent to ā ever (see ay¹) + (ge)līc alike; cognate with Old High German ēo-gilīh, Old Frisian ellīk, Dutch, Low German elk

Synonyms
1. Each, every are alike in having a distributive meaning. Of two or more members composing an aggregate, each directs attention to the separate members in turn: Each child (of those considered and enumerated) received a large apple. Every emphasizes inclusiveness or universality: Every child (of all in existence) likes to play.

Usage note
The adjective each is always followed by a singular noun: each person; each book. When the adjective follows a plural subject, the verb agrees with the subject: They each dress in different styles. The houses each have central heating. EXPANDWhen the pronoun each comes immediately before the verb, it always takes a singular verb: Each comes (not come) from a different country. When the pronoun is followed by an of phrase containing a plural noun or pronoun, there is a tendency for the verb to be plural: Each of the candidates has (or have) spoken on the issue. Some usage guides maintain that only the singular verb is correct, but plural verbs occur frequently even in edited writing
It is also sometimes said that the pronoun each must always be referred to by a singular pronoun, but again actual usage does not regularly observe this stricture: Each member of our garden club had their own special interests. In the most formal speech and writing, singular verbs and pronouns occur more frequently than plural: Each member … had his own special interests. The use of plural forms, especially plural pronouns, has been increasing in the United States, partially because of the desire to avoid using he or his to refer to a female.
Anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, no one, someone, and somebody follow the same general patterns of pronoun agreement as each. See also they.

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Example Sentences

Recently, someone asked me why women don't support each other in business.

I've got discussion points for each week, and a grade for overall discussion contribution.

Dozens of people are convicted each year, though hearsay is often used as evidence and accusers invent verbal transgressions.

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Recently, someone asked me why women don't support each other in business.

I've got discussion points for each week, and a grade for overall discussion contribution.

Dozens of people are convicted each year, though hearsay is often used as evidence and accusers invent verbal transgressions.

Scientists say they have discovered the first evidence that chimpanzees speak to each other about objects in their environment.

Trying to figure out where each atom belongs in a nanostructure.

Custom holds that each recipient selects a musician to deliver a.

Each spur will produce two fruit-bearing shoots during the next growing season.

Each day's puzzle will task your googling skills a.

Each author has an opportunity to review and approve the edited version of the manuscript before it appears in print.

Charging families for each bag of rubbish they produce seems environmentally sound and economically sensible.

In this lesson, students will identify characteristics of the physical geography of each continent of the world.

And each province and each county has their own wait times.

Each issue of your subscription is stored on your hard drive for easy access.

With a pastry brush, gently coat the back of each cookie with chocolate.

Each compound operates in a completely different way, and all of them have been tested on human volunteers.

Each has its own provincial or territorial symbols.

But they are not as similar to each other as was once thought.

Crows make tools, play tricks on each other, and caw among kin in a dialect all their own.

Each of those groups occupies its own section in that part of the memorial.

We pick huge handfuls of figs from her tree each evening, and yet the ground is still splattered with surplus.

Each high-quality poster is gorgeous and is sure to be a welcome addition to any room or office.

They used that data in a mathematical model to calculate how much algae could be produced each hour at a given site.

Each piece of graded coursework is worth up to a certain number of points.

Hard pounding:Orders may be down, but the giants of aviation are still at each other's throats,.

Females give birth to two to four young each year in one.

Light is independently related to each atom accounting for universal light speed.

Three color varieties each have advantages and disadvantages relative to others.

In the open floor plan, the consistent palette helps unify each space.

Your job as a leader is to make each project fun, but also keep it on track and on deadline.

Instead, each university is responsible for keeping a list of its graduates, which is open to the public.

Each side has three chances to persuade readers: opening, rebuttal and closing.

Number each bag and then number and letter each of the items in the bag.

The rules of the gang are that every day each girl must wear a tank top that.

Each of the four shows feature conformation, obedience, and agility.

Turn the cell-pack upside down and poke plants out by pushing with your thumbs on the bottom of each cell.

Following each round, the losers will receive penalty points based on the cards left in their hands.

What the group offers, finally, is much more than another opportunity for colleagues to tell each other how they can do better.

The interactive map above allows you to view the various territorial claims from each country's perspective.

They should make two copies of each symbol-one to put on the large world map and the other for the map key.

Each new generation of astronomers discovers that the universe is much bigger than their predecessors imagined.

It's because when they're hungry, they start eating each other.

There are four basic pruning cuts, each aimed at producing a different effect.

Each of those colored eggs hidden throughout the yard contained a puzzle piece.

Each time period corresponds with when the borrowers' first loan repayments were due.

Our index shows that burger prices can certainly fall out of line with each other.

Have each student create a two-column chart with five rows, leaving plenty of room in each row for notes.

For each slope, fold the two long edges and the shaded tab upward, leaving the printed square hidden on the bottom side.

Across the world's frost belt, more than a million people go curling each winter.

Those experiments evolved into separate garden rooms, each with its own theme and mood.

When pigeons fly in flocks, each bird falls behind another with better navigational skill, and the savviest among.

My basic idea is that each category will be worth two points.

Each candidate is placed first, second and third once, so it is clear that these three votes should cancel each other out.

After the maps are drawn, redistribute them so that each student has another student's map.

Asynchronous chips improve computer performance by letting each circuit run as fast as it.

The boys rise early each day and undergo punishing training that leaves muscles bruised and joints sore.

Center the cutout circle over each pot and trace its outline.

Numberlink is an incredibly simple puzzle concept: draw lines in a grid that connect each pair of numbers.

McCallon holds one information session each semester for professors interested in proposing study-abroad trips.

In this book, the worlds each character builds are significantly, tantalisingly estranged from each other.

Each student plots his or her individual leatherback's route on a large world map.

And two or more polymers can be combined to produce an alloy, or blend, that displays characteristics of each component.

From a relatively young age these dinosaurs tussled by biting each other on.

Prune each year after bloom to remove crossing, damaged, and older branches.

Allied intelligence noticed each captured tank had a unique serial number.

Success is having a job that you look forward to going to each day.

To each item that appeared last year, managers would add a.

One member of each pair is inherited from the mother, the other from the father.

There are many different types of mirrors, and each behaves.

The official rank of each person determines the size of the houses".

With watering, will produce several waves of bloom in spring and summer if cut back lightly after each flowering.

Each can be interacted with as well, allowing you to spin them around and examine them more closely.

Good college teachers help students get to know each other.

The result is an array of images, each formed from a slightly different perspective.

They will then listen to or read statements about each animal's diet and draw arrows to show which animals eat which.

For each dot remaining on the surface, punch out three more dots of the same color.

Each of these cosmic messengers might herald extraterrestrial life.

Choose one accompaniment for each cheese, and serve crackers and toasted.

There are four types of stars and each has a slight twist in how the name is hidden in the grid.

Each man fills in a form with his name and rough date of birth, or gets someone who can.

All your gear will be carried and you'll bed down each night at a family-run village inn.

Each city's points were added up to arrive at the overall score.

Each song is composed of anywhere from two to nine themes, and the themes are sung in a specific order.

Each frame starts with a ready-made open-backed cube or shadow box deep enough to hold a small saucer.

Each red line represents a fare component and each yellow polygon a priceable unit.

There are a good few days each year when it is merely purgatorial.

Then give each student a piece ofdrawing paper and invite each student to draw a seed and/or sunflower.

But each eye has two pupils, one above water, one below.

In an outdoor enclosure, two juvenile black-footed ferrets pounce and somersault, tumbling over each other in a playful fight.

Starting from a long edge, roll each rectangle into a tight cylinder.

On this pachinko board, each type of pin impacts your.

They had charged into each other's arms, confident that regulators would wave the deal through.

Each group will research and map a particular time in their community's history.

And each pupil sends incoming visual info to a different side of the fish's retina.

US law required a model with each patent application.

After blossom set, remove all but one fruit on each stem.

Essentially, the charge in each row is moved from one site to the next, a step at a time.

Each tray had ten raisins divided in different ways between two pots-say eight and two, or five and five.

The atoms, called positronium, consist of an electron and positron orbiting each other.

The history of life is often represented by a tree, with each existing species evolving directly from a single progenitor species.

Some forms of springtails caress each other with their antennae before mating.

Mexico has many faces, each offering visitors a unique insight into this fascinating country and its people.

Fifty finalists will be selected, ten for each of the five categories.

Each type of prairie community has distinguishing characteristics.

Every household produces personal waste every day that adds up to a staggering amount of garbage each year.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

each (iːtʃ)

—*determiner*
1.	a. every (one) of two or more considered individually: each day; each person
	b. (as pronoun): each gave according to his ability

—*adv*
2.	for, to, or from each one; apiece: four apples each

usage Each is a singular pronoun and should be used with a singular form of a verb: each of the candidates was (not were) interviewed separately

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Word Origin & History

each

O.E. ælc "ever alike," from a "ever" + gelic "alike." Similar compounds are found in other Gmc. languages (cf. Du. elk, O.Fris. ellik). Originally used as we now use every (which is a compound of each) or all; modern use is by infl. of L. quisque. Modern spelling appeared late 1500s.

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Idioms & Phrases

each

In addition to the idioms beginning with each, also see at each other's throats; made for (each other).

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