EACH


Meaning of EACH in English

I. (|)ēch adjective

Etymology: Middle English ech, from Old English ǣlc; akin to Old High German iogilīh each; both from a prehistoric West Germanic compound whose first and second constituents respectively are represented by Old English ā always and by Old English gelīc alike — more at aye , like

: being one of two or more distinct individuals having a similar relation and often constituting an aggregate : this as well as that or the next or any other of two or more separate but similar individuals

a boat … hung from the ceiling by ropes attached at each end — J.G.Frazer

the little chipmunk … with a piñon nut in each cheek pouch — Nature Magazine

each day was like every other one — H.D.Skidmore

each year the Cape has a summer inundation of people — R.W.Hatch

a program flexible enough to be tailored to each individual employee — A.J.Nickerson

giving to each syllable an equal stress — Max Beerbohm

some publishers … will have books to show in each category — James Britton

II. pronoun

Etymology: Middle English ech, from Old English ǣlc, from ǣlc, adjective

1. : each one — usually used with reference to a preceding substantive or followed by of

shot after shot, each missing by inches

each of them is to pay his own fine

each of them are to pay their own fine

2. : each person : everybody — used with indefinite or vaguely implicit reference

whatever their faults each believes in the gods of his father

3. : all considered one by one — used following a series

your songs, your thoughts, your doings, each divide this perfect beauty — Amy Lowell

III. adverb

: to or for each : apiece

allow two helpings each

the reports cost a dollar each

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.