Meaning

2 senses

  1. (diminutive)An even number.

    So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.

  2. (archaic, poetic)Evening.

    We'll meet at even, when the sun is set.

    ве́черvéčer

More definitions
  • the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

Examples

9380 sentences

  1. She didn't even try to help.

    Вона навіть не намагалася допомогти. — deniko

    ruОна даже не попыталась помочь. — heccele

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  2. Tom didn't even try to help.

    Том навіть не спробував допомогти. — deniko

    ruТом даже не попытался помочь. — odexed

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  3. Tom doesn't even know I exist.

    Том навіть не знає, що я існую. — deniko

    ruТом даже не знает, что я существую. — corvard

    deTom weiß nicht einmal, dass es mich gibt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I didn't even know his name.

    Я навіть не знав його імені. — deniko

    ruЯ даже не знал его имени. — odexed

    deIch kannte nicht einmal seinen Namen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I never even told my wife.

    Я ніколи цього не розповідав навіть дружині. — older

    ruЯ даже жене никогда не рассказывал. — marafon

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
Evening of the day:

Origin

From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-We

From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”).

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Forms

plural: evens

Synonyms

3 synonyms
eveningA1eventide
Close in meaning
  • the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall):eveningeveeventide

Word family

8 related words
RelatedeveningA1eve
Derivedevenfallevenlightevensongevenstarevenwardyestereven

Collocations

12 patterns
  • even though
  • didn't even know
  • even know
  • that even though
  • do that even
  • that even if
  • even try to
  • even better better
  • even try
  • even notice
  • didn't even notice
  • can't even

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
evaporationevasionevasiveeveeveneeveningA1eveningsevenlyB1
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