Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To occur; to happen; to come to pass.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. His character evened out.

    ruХарактер у него выровнялся. — carlosalberto

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  2. The plane evened out.

    ruСамолёт выровнялся. — carlosalberto

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  3. They've evened out the surface of this road, so it is a lot safer now.

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Origin

From Latin ēveniō (“happen, fall out, come out”), from ē (“out of, from”) (short form of e

From Latin ēveniō (“happen, fall out, come out”), from ē (“out of, from”) (short form of ex) + veniō (“come”).

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Forms

evenes, evening, evened, evened
Base formevene · to evene
3rd person singularevenes
Present participleevening
Past simpleevened
Past participleevened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyevene
he, she, itevenes

Past simpleLesson

all personsevened

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill evene

Synonyms

3 synonyms
occurB1come to passtranspire

Word family

1 related words
RelatedeventA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
evenB1eveningA1eveningsevenlyB1eventA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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