Meaning
3 sensesAny one (of two).
You can have it in either colour.
Each of two; both.
There is a locomotive at either end of the train, one pulling and the other pushing.
There are roses on either side of the garden.
beide
ка́ждыйkáždyj
ко́женkóžen
(often, proscribed)Any one (of more than two).
Examples
1861 sentencesI do not like him either.
Мені він також не подобається.
ruМне он также не нравится.
deIch liebe ihn auch nicht.
I know you don't know either.
Я знаю, що ти теж не знаєш.
ruЯ знаю, что ты тоже не знаешь.
Tom may not have time either.
У Тома, можливо, також немає часу.
ruУ Тома тоже может не быть времени.
I won't be here tomorrow, either.
Мене тут завтра також не буде.
ruЗавтра меня тоже тут не будет.
I didn't want to go either.
Я теж не хотів іти.
ruЯ тоже не хотел идти.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *gaFrom Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *gahwaþar. Akin to Old Saxon eogihwethar, iahwethar (Low German jeed); Old Dutch *iogewether, *iowether, *iother (Dutch ieder); Old High German eogihwedar, iegihweder, ieweder (German jeder).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- C1Ellipsis and substitution — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- do that either
- like either of
- know either of
- to go either
- either of the
- on either side
- seen seen either
- may take either
- either way
- look like either
- didn't like either
- either one of