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each

each

28 1.0
For every person or thing in a group
  • adverb
  • /iːtʃ/
translation icon : cada uno
  • Candidates report to the morning program one day each week and are each assigned three to four students.
  • each receive a copy
  • ten winners will each

So we each have have a pitch for you guys.

Examples

  • Ten winners will each get a copy of The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Then we're each gonna try our own recipes, and see what we've got.

    Trigger Man (2007)

  • So we're going to look at each of these in turn.

  • But we're gonna... we're each gonna bring you one now.

    Ready Player One (2018)

  • However, the two groups were each asked these same two learning community questions.

    Academic text (2015)

  • My two friends here would each like to put two million bucks into your fund.

    Business Ethics (2020)

  • Similar to the Olympics, members of the winning team will each receive a gold medal.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The other four justices had each already spent between ten and fourteen years on the Court.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Patients, surgeons, and medical facilities have each benefited from the use of physician-controlled robots.

    Academic text (2003)

  • In the competition, the judges evaluated each performance carefully.

Synonyms

to each one
vseach
7 1.0

For each person or thing separately

means the same but as a shorter single word form

Idioms

at each other's throats
  • Informal
23 7.0

People argue or fight angrily with each other

made for each other
14 3.4

Two people who fit together very well as a romantic couple

to each one
7 1.0

For each person or thing separately

to watch each other's back
  • Informal
4 4.1

Look out for each other in dangerous situations

each other's business
2 5.5

Private things about people that other people do not need to know

to know each other's business
7.0

Be aware of other people's private lives

to jump each other's bones
  • Offensive
9.9

To have sex with someone because you really want them

to take each challenge as they come
  • Informal
5.2

Deal with problems one at a time as they happen

to each other's face
  • Informal
5.5

To talk directly to someone when they are there

Compounds

each year
275 1.0

Happens once every year

each week
85 1.0

Happens once every week

Surface Forms

each positive

Etymology

Each has the same old sense of 'one by one' or 'to every one separately'. So when each comes after a number or noun, it shows that every person or thing gets or does something separately.