even
To make flat and levelTo make flat and level.
» She didn't even try to help.
Она даже не попыталась помочь.
Вона навіть не намагалася допомогти.
Meaning
6 senses(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
(obsolete, transitive)To equal or equate; to make the same.
make even or more even
(intransitive, obsolete)To be equal.
Thrice nine evens twenty seven.
(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.
(obsolete, transitive)To set right; to complete.
(obsolete, transitive)To act up to; to keep pace with.
Examples
9380 sentencesShe didn't even try to help.
Вона навіть не намагалася допомогти.
ruОна даже не попыталась помочь.
Tom didn't even try to help.
Том навіть не спробував допомогти.
ruТом даже не попытался помочь.
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.
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.
I never even told my wife.
Я ніколи цього не розповідав навіть дружині.
ruЯ даже жене никогда не рассказывал.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-WeFrom 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, evenedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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