Each
[iːtʃ] or [itʃ]
Definition
(adj.) (used of count nouns) every one considered individually; 'each person is mortal'; 'each party is welcome' .
(adv.) to or from every one of two or more (considered individually); 'they received $10 each'.
Typist: Rodger--From WordNet
Definition
(a. / a. pron.) Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you.
(a. / a. pron.) Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every.
Typed by Alphonse
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. One and the other (of two), both.[2]. Every one (of several).
Inputed by Agnes
Definition
adj. every one in any number separately considered.—adv. Each′where everywhere.
Checker: Lowell
Examples
- In each bladder was a small quantity of dried peas, or little pebbles, as I was afterwards informed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To my inexperience we at first appeared on the eve of a civil war; each party was violent, acrimonious, and unyielding. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There's a tub of lard on the ribs of each one. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- On each side stood a sable bush-holly or yew. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Each female cod has more than 9,000,000 eggs, but the numbers are kept down by a host of enemies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- While there are several distinct parts of this device, each having its individual function, they may be considered as a whole under the general term of the escapement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Amy stood a minute, turning the leaves in her hand, reading on each some sweet rebuke for all heartburnings and uncharitableness of spirit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They stood looking at each other; Mr. Gradgrind's face as white as the pursuer's. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- They only knew each other, I think, a few weeks in Bath! Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was not possible that the occurrence should not be strongly recommending each to the other. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Those who loved reading were obliged to send for their books from England: the members of the Junto had each a few. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Neither had read it, but they knew it was a love story, and each privately wondered if it was half as interesting as their own. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In such a Kaleidoscope, the circular figure will be formed by three reflections from each glass. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In this diagram G<1S> and G<2S> represent two generators, each producing current at a potential of 110 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They were merry and social, but they each knew that a gap, never to be filled, had been made in their circle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Margaret and Frederick looked at each other. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- His father was Sillerton Jackson's uncle, his mother a Pennilow of Boston; on each side there was wealth and position, and mutual suitability. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But now, at hunting and hawking, and each idle sport of wood and river, who so prompt as the Templars in all these fond vanities? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I have only one pocket-handkerchief, he added, but if I had twenty, I would offer you each one. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We quite understand each other--don't we? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When they all removed to Brighton, therefore, you had no reason, I suppose, to believe them fond of each other? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- With graceful modesty each gentleman retired a step from the presented weapon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The load is supported by 6 strands, and each strand bears one sixth of the load. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The same thing happened at each place where they stopped. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Thus our general rules are in a manner set in opposition to each other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Checker: Lowell