Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any one (of two).

    You can have it in either colour.

  2. 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

  3. (often, proscribed)Any one (of more than two).

Examples

1861 sentences
  1. I do not like him either.

    Мені він також не подобається. — deniko

    ruМне он также не нравится. — Gruzilkin

    deIch liebe ihn auch nicht. — MUIRIEL

  2. I know you don't know either.

    Я знаю, що ти теж не знаєш. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что ты тоже не знаешь. — marafon

  3. Tom may not have time either.

    У Тома, можливо, також немає часу. — deniko

    ruУ Тома тоже может не быть времени. — odexed

  4. I won't be here tomorrow, either.

    Мене тут завтра також не буде. — deniko

    ruЗавтра меня тоже тут не будет. — marafon

  5. I didn't want to go either.

    Я теж не хотів іти. — deniko

    ruЯ тоже не хотел идти. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
each of two:
Русский
By meaning 1
each of two:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
each of two:

Origin

From Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *ga

From 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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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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
either — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto