| Library / English Dictionary |
EACH
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of count nouns) every one considered individually
Example:
each party is welcome
Classified under:
Similar:
all ((quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
Example:
they received $10 each
Synonyms:
apiece; each; for each one; from each one; to each one
Classified under:
Context examples:
Each shift brought the grip closer to his throat.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Each was nothing that the other was, everything that the other was not.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
To and fro, up and down, north, south, east, and west, the HISPANIOLA sailed by swoops and dashes, and at each repetition ended as she had begun, with idly flapping canvas.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Each closet needed but a glance, for all were empty, and all, by the dust that fell from their doors, had stood long unopened.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Several changes of day and night passed, and the orb of night had greatly lessened, when I began to distinguish my sensations from each other.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Short as the two snips are, you can distinctly see the same slight curve in each.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By using a few hours in each day, which would otherwise be wasted, you may hope to have excellent cravats in middle life.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I shall drive him into the earth, like a nail into a door, rather than see you do scath to each other.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Each symptom is rated on a scale of 0-4 with 0 being normal and 4 being severe.
(Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphine binds to and activates specific opiate receptors (delta, mu and kappa), each of which are involved in controlling different brain functions.
(Morphine, NCI Thesaurus)
