Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To make flat and level.

    We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.

    ebnen

    ровня́тьrovnjátʹ, выра́вниватьvyrávnivatʹ

    make level or straight

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To equal or equate; to make the same.

    make even or more even

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To be equal.

    Thrice nine evens twenty seven.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.

    We need to even the score.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To set right; to complete.

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To act up to; to keep pace with.

Examples

9380 sentences
  1. She didn't even try to help.

    Вона навіть не намагалася допомогти.

    ruОна даже не попыталась помочь.

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  2. Tom didn't even try to help.

    Том навіть не спробував допомогти.

    ruТом даже не попытался помочь.

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  3. Tom doesn't even know I exist.

    Том навіть не знає, що я існую.

    ruТом даже не знает, что я существую.

    deTom weiß nicht einmal, dass es mich gibt.

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  4. I didn't even know his name.

    Я навіть не знав його імені.

    ruЯ даже не знал его имени.

    deIch kannte nicht einmal seinen Namen.

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  5. I never even told my wife.

    Я ніколи цього не розповідав навіть дружині.

    ruЯ даже жене никогда не рассказывал.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make even:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make even:

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

evens, evening, evened, evened
Base formeven · to even
3rd person singularevens
Present participleevening
Past simpleevened
Past participleevened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeven
he, she, itevens

Past simpleLesson

all personsevened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave evened
he, she, ithas evened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill even

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
to make flat and level:levelB2flatten
to place in an equal state:settleB1
to equal:matchB1
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

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
even — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto