Each vs Meach - What's the difference?
each | meach |
All; every; .
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, title= Every one; every thing.
For one; per.
(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,
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As a determiner each
is all; every;.As a noun each
is (operations|philosophy) an individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.As a verb meach is
to skulk; to cower.each
English
(EACH)Determiner
(en determiner)Ian Sample
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.}}
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
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- An each , piece, single item, or individual item package.