each
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
How often you will meet it
Rank 225 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 100,892 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.048% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
determiner
- every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
pronoun
- every one of a group, considered individually
each in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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We would have spoken to each other without any introduction.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Then read a short scene in detail, allowing each actor to read several parts.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Each time there was a shout of applause; each time the campus rushed in a wave.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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They suffered her to touch a little hand of each, passively rather than unwillingly, and let it go.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Each rose from a little log cabin clinging to the side of a little hollow at the head of a little creek.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1