determiner

each

each, every

Each student has a different book.

Each student has a different book.

The tickets are £5 each.

The tickets are $5 each.

((determiner)) + ((singular noun)) used to refer to every one of two or more people or things, regarded separately. Each child was given a present.

((adverb)) for or to each one. The apples are 50 cents each.

Synonyms: every, apiece; Antonyms: all (together), none

From Old English 'ælc', meaning 'each, all, any'.

Think of 'each' as pointing to individual members of a group, one by one. Remember it takes a singular verb.

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