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each adj applied to every one of two or more people or items considered separately. pronoun every single one of two or more people, animals or things. adverb to, for or from each one • Give them one each. each other used as the object of a verb or preposition when an action takes place between two (or more than two) people, etc • They were talking to each other. See also one another at one. each way said of a bet: winning, if the horse, dog, etc on which the bet is placed finishes first, second or third in a race.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon ælc, from a ever + gelic alike.
each other, one another There is no difference between these two expressions in current usage, regardless of the number of people or things referred to • Jo and I see each other every day from Monday to Thursday • Everybody was arguing with each other and we had a fight • Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank. |
each adj applied to every one of two or more people or items considered separately. pronoun every single one of two or more people, animals or things. adverb to, for or from each one • Give them one each. each other used as the object of a verb or preposition when an action takes place between two (or more than two) people, etc • They were talking to each other. See also one another at one. each way said of a bet: winning, if the horse, dog, etc on which the bet is placed finishes first, second or third in a race.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon ælc, from a ever + gelic alike.
each other, one another There is no difference between these two expressions in current usage, regardless of the number of people or things referred to • Jo and I see each other every day from Monday to Thursday • Everybody was arguing with each other and we had a fight • Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank. |
each adj applied to every one of two or more people or items considered separately. pronoun every single one of two or more people, animals or things. adverb to, for or from each one • Give them one each. each other used as the object of a verb or preposition when an action takes place between two (or more than two) people, etc • They were talking to each other. See also one another at one. each way said of a bet: winning, if the horse, dog, etc on which the bet is placed finishes first, second or third in a race.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon ælc, from a ever + gelic alike.
each other, one another There is no difference between these two expressions in current usage, regardless of the number of people or things referred to • Jo and I see each other every day from Monday to Thursday • Everybody was arguing with each other and we had a fight • Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank. |
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