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also | each |

As an adjective also

is bottom, lower.

As a determiner each is

all; every;.

As a noun each is

(operations|philosophy) an individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

also

English

Adverb

(-)
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  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
  • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
  • (label) To the same degree or extent; so, as.
  • *:
  • *:IN suche maner they kepte launcelot four and twenty dayes and also many nyghtes that euer he laye stylle as a dede man / and at the xxv daye byfelle hym after myddaye that he opened his eyen
  • Synonyms

    * too * eke * as well

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    each

    English

    (EACH)

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • All; every; .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • Every one; every thing.
  • For one; per.
  • Usage notes

    * The phrase beginning with (each) identifies a set of items wherein the words following (each) identify the individual elements by their shared characteristics. The phrase is grammatically singular in number, so if the phrase is the subject of a sentence, its verb is conjugated into a third-person singular form. Similarly, any pronouns that refer to the noun phrase are singular: *: Each''' candidate '''has 49 votes. *: Each''' voter must decide for '''herself .

    Noun

    (eaches)
  • (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
  • * 2007 , David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook , CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-3522-8, page 385:
  • An each , piece, single item, or individual item package.
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