eachpronoun, determiner
uk/iːtʃ/us/iːtʃ/A1 every thing, person, etc. in a group of two or more, considered separately:
When you run, each foot leaves the ground before the other comes down.
There are five leaflets - please take one of each.
Each of the companies supports a local charity.
Each and every one of the flowers has its own colour and smell.
We each (= every one of us) wanted the bedroom with the balcony, so we tossed a coin to decide.
The bill comes to £79, so that's about £10 each.
each to his/their own also to each their own
used to say that everyone likes different things:
You actually like modern jazz, do you? Each to their own.
each way
If you put an amount of money each way on a horse race, you will win money if the horse you have chosen comes first, second, or third.
More examples
- We have only a small amount of food and clothing to deal out to each refugee.
- Start by dealing everyone five cards each.
- He cut the cake into six pieces and gave each child a slice.
- Your salary will be paid on the third week of each calendar month.
- You must consider each problem as an aspect of the whole.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: both, all, each & every
- a
- all
- all
- any
- apiece
- both
- either
- every
- every minute idiom
- pan
- per
- pop
- strength
- the
- throw
- to
- whole
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