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41 Hardy
(tough; strong; able to bear cold, tiredness etc: This plant is very hardy and able to survive even rough winter weather.) utrjen* * *[há:di]proper namedruž. ime -
42 hardy
(tough; strong; able to bear cold, tiredness etc: This plant is very hardy and able to survive even rough winter weather.) utrjen* * *I [há:di]adjective ( hardily adverb)odporen, utrjen, drzen, smel, pogumen; botany trajen (rastlina)hardy annual botany trajnica; parliament pogost predmet obravnaveII [há:di]nounutopa (v kovačnici) -
43 help
[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) pomagati2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) pripomoči3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ublažiti4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) pomagati5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) (ne moči si) pomagati2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) pomoč2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) pomoč3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) sluga, hlapec4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) ni pomoči•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
- help out* * *I [help]nounpomoč, pomočnik; American služkinja, hišna pomočnica, sluga, hlapec; familiarly porcija (jedi); figuratively pripomočekhe is a great help — zelo pomaga, je v veliko pomočII [help]transitive verbpomagati, podpreti, podpirati; pripomoči, prispevati; (u)blažiti; (s can in neg) ne moči se upirati, si pomagati, preprečiti, se izogniti; ponuditi, podati (pri mizi)I cannot help it — ne morem pomagati, sem nemočendon't be late if you can help it — ne ostani delj, kot je potrebnodon't do more than you can help — napravi le tisto, kar morašI cannot help laughing — moram se smejati; ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejalhow could I help it? — kaj sem jaz mogel za toto help o.s. to s.th. — postreči si s čim, prisvojiti si kaj, ukrastito help s.o. to s.th. — ponuditi komu kaj (pri mizi), postreči komu s čim -
44 hono(u)r
I [ɔnə]nounčast, spoštovanje; dober glas, poštenost, častitost, devištvo; izkazovanje časti; cards najmočnejša karta, slika; (golf) pravica do prvega udarca; plural častni naslovi; plural odlika pri univerzitetnem izpitu; sprejem gostovan affair of hono(u)r — častna zadeva, dvobojcolloquially hono(u)r bright! — častna beseda!, pri moji časti!to do s.o. the hono(u)r of — počastiti koga s čimhono(u)r to whom hono(u)r is due — čast tistemu, ki mu greto have the hono(u)r of ( —ali to) — šteti si v čast, dato put s.o. on his hono(u)r — sklicevati se na čast nekogaeconomy to meet due hono(u)r — izplačati (menico)II [ɔnə]transitive verbspoštovati, izkazati čast, počastiti (with, by s, z); figuratively izpolniti obljubo; economy plačati v roku, plačati dolg, spoštovati pogodbo, priznati menico -
45 if
[if]1) (in the event that; on condition that: He will have to go into hospital if his illness gets any worse; I'll only stay if you can stay too.) če2) (supposing that: If he were to come along now, we would be in trouble.) če3) (whenever: If I sneeze, my nose bleeds.) če4) (although: They are happy, if poor.) čeprav5) (whether: I don't know if I can come or not.) če•- if only* * *I [if]conjunctionako, če; čeprav, dasi, četudi; če, ali (v odvisnem vprašanju); v vzklikih: if that is not a shame! — če to ni sramota!even if — čeravno, čepravif so — če je tako, v tem primeruif not — drugače, v nasprotnem primeruit is interesting, if a little long — je zanimivo, čeprav malo dolgoII [if]nounpogoj -
46 keep up
1) (to continue, or cause to remain, in operation: I enjoy our friendship and try to keep it up.) nadaljevati2) ((often with with) to move fast enough not to be left behind (by): Even the children managed to keep up; Don't run - I can't keep up with you.) dohajati* * *1.transitive verbnadaljevati s čim, vztrajati, ne odnehati;2.intransitive verbne kloniti, ne izgubiti poguma, ne popustiti; ostati budento keep up one's spirit — bodriti, ne klonitito keep up with s.o. — ne zaostajati za komAmerican to keep up with the Joneses — živeti prek razmer, posnemati bogatejšekeep it up! — ne odnehaj, vztrajaj!American to keep up with — ostati na tekočem, stalno se zanimati za -
47 level off
(to make or become flat, even, steady etc: After rising for so long, prices have now levelled off.) stabilizirati (se)* * *1.transitive verbzravnati;2.intransitive verbleteti vzporedno z zemljo (avion pred pristankom); figuratively stabilizirati se, normalizirati se (at pri) -
48 manic
['mænik]1) (of, or suffering from, mania: She's in a manic state.) maničen2) (extremely energetic, active and excited: The new manager is one of those manic people who can't rest even for a minute.) ekstremen* * *[méinik, maen-]1.adjective medicinemaničen;2.nounmaničen bolnik -
49 odd
[od]1) (unusual; strange: He's wearing very odd clothes; a very odd young man.) nenavaden2) ((of a number) that cannot be divided exactly by 2: 5 and 7 are odd (numbers).) lih3) (not one of a pair, set etc: an odd shoe.) brez para4) (occasional; free: at odd moments.) priložnosten•- oddity- oddly
- oddment
- odds
- odd jobs
- odd job man
- be at odds
- make no odds
- oddly enough
- odd man out / odd one out
- odds and ends
- what's the odds?* * *I [ɔd]adjective ( oddly adverb)odvečen; lih, neparen, presežen, brez para, nadštevilen; priložnosten, prigoden; čuden, nenavaden, čudaškiodd jobs — priložnostni opravki, drobna delaodd man out — človek, ki je ostal brez paraat odd moments ( —ali times) — priložnostno, tu in tamodd months — meseci, ki imajo 31 dnieconomy odd lot — slab borzni zaključek; American malenkostna množinaII [ɔd]nounnekaj čudnega, nekaj nenavadnega; prednostni udarec (pri golfu) -
50 odds
1) (chances; probability: The odds are that he will win.) verjetnost2) (a difference in strength, in favour of one side: They are fighting against heavy odds.) premoč* * *[ɔdz]nounplural (često edninska konstrukcija) neenakost, različnost, razlika; premoč; nesloga, spor; verjetnost, sreča; sport prednost (slabšemu tekmecu); neenaka stava, razlika med stavo in dobičkom pri staviodds and ends — drobnarije, ostankito give s.o. odds — dati tekmecu prednostagainst long odds — proti veliki premoči, z malo upanja na uspehit makes ( —ali is) no odds — nič ne de, ni važnoodds are against us — izgubljamo; verjetnost, da dobimo je zelo majhnathe odds are that — verjetno je, dawhat's the odds? — kaj je na tem?, to pa res ni važno!what odds is it to him? — kaj pa je to njemu mar?, kaj ga pa to briga? -
51 optimism
['optimizəm](a state of mind in which one always hopes or expects that something good will happen: Even when it was obvious to the others that he was not going to succeed he was full of optimism.) optimizem- optimist- optimistic
- optimistically* * *[ɔptimizəm]nounoptimizem -
52 paced
[péist]adjectivedoločenega koraka; enakomeren; prebrisan, premeten -
53 peacetime
noun (a time when there is no war: Even in peacetime, a soldier's life is hard.) obdobje miru* * *[pí:staim]1.adjectivev miru;2.nounmirna doba, mir -
54 restriction
[-ʃən]1) (a rule etc that limits or controls: Even in a free democracy a person's behaviour must be subject to certain restrictions.) omejitev2) (the act of restricting: restriction of freedom.) omejevanje* * *[ristríkšən]nounomejitev, omejevanje, utesnitev; zadrževanje, pridržek, ovira(nje); restrikcija -
55 scale
I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) lestvica2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) lestvica3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) lestvica4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) merilo5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) obsegII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) povzpeti seIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) luska- scaly* * *I [skéil]1.nounmusiclestvica, skala; figuratively lestvica (družbena itd.); stopnja; merilo, mera; razmerje; obseg; številčni sestavat a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile — v merilu (razmerju) 1 cola: 1 miljaon a scale economy ob različnih tečajnih vrednostihto play (to sing, to run over) one's scale music vaditi skale, vaditi prste za instrument ali glas za petjeto sink in the scale — zdrkniti navzdol na lestvi, v nivoju;2.transitive verb(s)plezati, povzpeti se (z lestvijo figuratively), vzpenjati se (na); določiti (merilo); dvigniti (cene); military napasti, jurišati z lestvami (na trdnjavsko obzidje); risati meriloto scale down — znižati (mezde, plače)to scale up — povišati (cene); intransitive verb plezati, vzpenjati seto scale down — upasti, pastito scale up — kvišku plezati, dvigati seII [skéil]1.nounskledica pri tehtnici; plural tehtnica; tehtanje (zlasti pred in po konjski dirki)the Scales astronomy Tehtnicato go to scale figuratively biti premaganto hold the scales even — držati tehtnico v ravnotežju, figuratively soditi nepristransko, objektivnoto throw one's influence into scale figuratively zastaviti ves svoj vplivto throw one's sword into the scale figuratively podpreti svojo zahtevo z orožjemto turn the scale figuratively odločitiit turned the scale into my favour — to je nagnilo tehtnico v mojo korist;2.transitive verbtehtati (tudi figuratively); intransitive verb (redko) biti težak, tehtati, biti stehtan (zlasti pred in po konjski dirki)III [skéil]1.nounluska, luskina (ribe itd.); zoology košeniljka; medicine zobni kamen; usedlina, kotlovec; tanka plast, obloga; technical vžigalothe scales fell from his eyes figuratively oči so se mu odprle, spregledal jeto remove the scale — odstraniti zobni kamen ali kotlovec;2.transitive verbostrgati (luske), (o)luščiti; technical sestrugati, ostrugati, očistiti od kotlovca; odstraniti (zobni kamen); intransitive verb luščiti seto scale almonds, peas — oluščiti mandlje, grahto scale s.o.'s teeth — odstraniti komu zobni kamento scale off — luščiti se; osmukati se (listje) -
56 scoundrel
(a very wicked person: She knew he was a scoundrel even before she married him.) malopridnež* * *[skáundrəl]nounlopov, podlež, malopridnež -
57 slip
I 1. [slip] past tense, past participle - slipped; verb1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) zdrsniti2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) zdrsniti3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) popustiti4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) smukniti5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) izmuzniti se6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) vtakniti2. noun1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) spodrsljaj2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) spodrsljaj3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) kombineža4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) dok•- slipper- slippery
- slipperiness
- slip road
- slipshod
- give someone the slip
- give the slip
- let slip
- slip into
- slip off
- slip on
- slip up II [slip] noun(a strip or narrow piece of paper: She wrote down his telephone number on a slip of paper.) listič* * *I [slip]nounzdrsljaj; spodrsljaj, padec; nezgoda, napaka; zareka(nje); uitje, izmuznjenje; prevleka za blazino; obleka, ki se hitro obleče ali sleče; otroški predpasniček, prtiček; plural British English kopalne hlačke; plural theatre premične kulise; stranski vhod, prostor, kjer stoje igralci, preden nastopijo na odru; hunting konopec, vrv (za pse); izpustitev (psov); majhen brus; nautical poševna ravnina za splavitev ladij; geology zemeljski udor, usada slip of a boy — vitek, stasit dečeka fine slip of a girl — vitko, stasito, brhko dekleto get the slip — biti odklonjen, pasti (npr. pri izpitu)he gave me the slip — pobegnil (ušel, izmuznil se) mi jeto make a slip — napraviti spodrsljaj, napakothere's many a slip'twixt the cup and the lip figuratively ne hvali dneva pred nočjoII [slip]intransitive verbspodrsniti, zdrsniti ( off z), zdrkniti, drčati, polzeti, smukniti, izmuzniti se, uiti (čemu); odmikati se (o času); skrivaj se vriniti; transitive verb hitro obleči ali sleči; po nemarnosti narediti napako, pogrešiti; prezgodaj povreči ali skotiti; odvezati, spustiti (psa) z vrvice; (neopazno) spustiti (v), izpustitito slip one's breath (wind) — izdihniti, umretito slip the collar figuratively osvoboditi seto let slip — zagovoriti se, (nehote) povedati resnicoto let slip the dogs of war poetically sprožiti sovražnosti, začeti vojnoeven good men slip — celó dobri ljudje delajo napake (pogrešijo, se zmotijo)to let an opportunity slip — izpustiti, zamuditi priložnostIII [slip]nounglinasta masa (lončarstvo)IV [slip]nounbotany cepljeno drevo, cepljenka, cepljenec; sadika, potaknjenec; podmladek, podrast, pofomec; trak papirja, listič; letvica; printing poskusni odtis na dolg trak papirja -
58 smooth
[smu:ð] 1. adjective1) (having an even surface; not rough: Her skin is as smooth as satin.) gladek2) (without lumps: Mix the ingredients to a smooth paste.) gladek3) ((of movement) without breaks, stops or jolts: Did you have a smooth flight from New York?) miren4) (without problems or difficulties: a smooth journey; His progress towards promotion was smooth and rapid.) miren5) ((too) agreeable and pleasant in manner etc: I don't trust those smooth salesmen.) meden2. verb1) ((often with down, out etc) to make (something) smooth or flat: She tried to smooth the creases out.) izgladiti2) ((with into or over): to rub (a liquid substance etc) gently over (a surface): Smooth the moisturizing cream into/over your face and neck.) nanesti•- smoothen- smoothly
- smoothness* * *I [smu:ð]1.adjectivegladek; raven; miren; mehek voljan; enakomeren; prijeten; zvožen, obrabljen, gladek (pnevmatika); eleganten, zanosen (glasba); izbrušen, tekoč (govor); gladek kot jegulja, jeguljast, prilizljiv, dobrikav, hinavski; mil, blag (vino); technical brez trenja, gladek; linguistics brez aspiracijesmooth sea — gladko, mirno morjesmooth tire casing — zvožena, gladka pnevmatika (plašč)I am now in smooth water figuratively zmogel sem to, uspelo mi je, sedaj sem doberto make things smooth for s.o. — zravnati, utreti komu potthe way is now smooth figuratively sedaj je pot prosta;2.adverbgladko; ravno; mirno, brez zatikanja, brez težav;3.noungladkost, pogladitev; figuratively ugodna stran (česa)II [smu:ð]transitive verb & intransitive verb(iz)gladiti; utreti (pot), poravnati; ublažiti (glas); izbrusiti (stihe); odstraniti ovire (zapreke, nevšečnosti, težave), olajšati; izgladiti se; pomiriti se, postati mirento smooth s.o.'s rumpled feathers figuratively pomiriti koga (njegovo jezo)to smooth a verse — izbrusiti zgladiti stih; -
59 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) kvadrat2) (something in the shape of this.) kvadrat3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) trg4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) kvadrat2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) kvadraten2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) izenačen; bot3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) kvadraten, na kvadrat4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) staromoden3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) pravokotno2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) naravnost4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) dati kvadratasto obliko2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) poravnati3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) ujemati se4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) kvadrirati (število)•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal* * *I [skwʌ/ə]1.nounmathematicskvadrat; četverokotnik; četverokoten trg z drevjem ali obkrožen s stanovanjskimi poslopji; American četverokoten blok hiš, obkrožen od štirih ulic; polje na šahovnici; kotnik, oglomer, naprava v obliki črke L —, ali T — za dobivanje ali preverjanje pravih kotov; mathematics kvadratno število; površinska mera (100 kvadratnih čevljev); military četverokotna razporeditev vojakov, karé; črke, razporejene v četverokotniku tako, da navpično in vodoravno dajejo iste besede; slang malomeščan, buržuj, filisterby the square — točno, natančnoon the square — pravokotno; figuratively odkrito, pošteno, lojalno, fairout of square — ne pod pravim kotom, figuratively ne takó kot običajno, ne v redutwo squares up American dva bloka hiš naprej (dlje, dalje)to act on the square figuratively pošteno (lojalno) ravnatito be on the square — biti prostozidar; military defilirati za pregledto raise to a square mathematics kvadrirati;2.adjective ( squarely adverb)kvadraten, četverokoten, četveroogeln, štirioglat, ki je pod pravim kotom (to k, do), pravokoten; oglat; četveren; mathematics kvadraten; figuratively odkrit, jasen, brez ovinkov ali namigovanj; reden, urejen, pošten, pravičen, vrl, iskren; popoln, temeljit, izdaten (obrok), obilen; močan, plečat, širok(ih pleč); pomemben; ki je plačal dolg, uredil račune, se je poravnal ( with z), poravnan, bot, slang staromoden, filistrskisquare dance — kvadrilja, četvorka (ples)the square man in the square hole figuratively pravi mož na pravem mestua square meal — izdaten, obilen jedilni obrok, obedsquare measure — ploščinska, površinska meraa square peg in a round hole — oglat klin v okrogli luknji, figuratively oseba, ki po svoji sposobnosti ne ustreza svojemu (službenemu) položaju, svojemu poslusquare root mathematics kvadratni korena square refusal — jasna, gladka odklonitevto be square with all the world — biti v složnosti z vsemi ljudmi; nikomur ne biti nič dolžanI expect a square deal — pričakujem pošten, pravičen postopekto get square with s.o. — poravnati račune s kom, poplačati koga, biti bot s komI put everything square before I left — preden sem odpotoval, sem vse spravil v red;3.adverbpravokotno, pod pravim kotom; figuratively spodobno, odkrito, pošteno; American naravnost, direktno, gladkoII [skwʌ/ə]1.transitive verbdati (čemu) kvadratasto ali četverokotno (četverooglato) obliko, napraviti (kaj), otesati četverooglato; dati (čemu) pravokotne robove; položiti (kaj) pravokotno; mathematics kvadrirati (število); karirati (papir); urediti, razporediti (kaj) (by po, v skladu z); prilagoditi, prirediti (kaj) (to čemu); izravnati; uskladiti ( with z); saldirati; izplačati, zadovoljiti (koga); sport končati (tekmo) neodločeno; slang utišati, podkupiti (koga), "mazati" (komu); nautical namestiti križe jambora pravokotno na ladijski trup;2.intransitive verbnapraviti, delati pravi kot; imeti četverooglato obliko; poševno sedeti (na sedlu); skladati se, ujemati se (o računu); biti v skladu ( with z); spraviti se v sklad; urediti svoje zadeveto square (up) accounts with s.o. — poravnati račune s kom (tudi figuratively), obračunati s komto square the circle — kvadrirati krog, figuratively lotiti se nečesa nemogočegato square one's elbows — razširiti komolce, s komolci si napraviti (dobiti) prostorto square o.s. with s.o. — pogoditi se s kom, (zopet) se zlágati s komhe tried to square the police slang skušal je podkupiti policijoto square one's shoulders figuratively ostati trdovraten, hoteti doseči svojeto square a theory to fit the facts — prilagoditi teorijo, da ustrera dejstvom (praksi)to square one's way of living to ( —ali with) one's square means — svoje življenje prilagoditi ali urediti ustrezno svojim dohodkom; -
60 steady
['stedi] 1. adjective1) ((negative unsteady) firmly fixed, balanced or controlled: The table isn't steady; You need a steady hand to be a surgeon.) trden, miren2) (regular or even: a steady temperature; He was walking at a steady pace.) enakomeren3) (unchanging or constant: steady faith.) stalen4) ((of a person) sensible and hardworking in habits etc: a steady young man.) vztrajen, umirjen2. verb(to make or become steady: He stumbled but managed to steady himself; His heart-beat gradually steadied.) umiriti (se)- steadily- steadiness
- steady on! - steady !* * *I [stédi]nounopora; American stalen kavalir, "fant"II [stédi]1.adjective ( steadily adverb)čvrst, trden, stalen, nepremakljiv, neomajen; miren, siguren; odmerjen, pravilen, nespremenljiv, stalen; enakomeren, nepretrgan, enoličen; neplašljiv (konj); zanesljiv, trezen, resen; oprezen, preudaren; commerce stalen, stabilen, ustaljena man steady in his purpose — človek, ki ne odstopi od svojega ciljato remain steady commerce ostati stalen (o cenah);2.interjectionsteady! — (le) mirno (kri)!; previdno!, oprezno!, počasi!, polagoma!steady on! — stoj!;3.transitive verbutrditi, pritrditi, pričvrstiti; podpreti; ustaliti; sigurno upravljati (s čolnom); brzdati (konja); zmanjšati (hitrost); figuratively privesti (koga) k pameti, spametovati; strezniti; intransitive verb ustaliti se, utrditi se; sigurno, enakomerno se gibati, premikati (o čolnu); umiriti se; priti k pameti, spametovati se, strezniti se, strezniti seto steady one's nerves — pomiriti, umiriti si živce
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even — even1 [ē′vən] adj. [ME < OE efne, efen, akin to Ger eben, Goth ibns < ? IE base * yem , hold together > MIr emon, twins] 1. flat; level; smooth [even country] 2. not irregular; not varying; uniform; constant [an even tempo] 3. calm;… … English World dictionary
Even — E ven, a. [AS. efen. efn; akin to OS. eban, D. even, OHG. eban, G. efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Sw. j[ a]mn, Goth. ibns. Cf. {Anent}, {Ebb}.] 1. Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
even — Ⅰ. even [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) flat and smooth; level. 2) equal in number, amount, or value. 3) having little variation in quality; regular. 4) equally balanced: the match was even. 5) (of a person s temper or disposition) placid; calm. 6) … English terms dictionary
even — e‧ven [ˈiːvn] adjective 1. staying at the same level, rather than frequently changing from one level to the other: • Strong trade will encourage more even selling. 2. giving two sides, things, ideas etc equal or fair treatment: • We should try… … Financial and business terms
even — even; even·er; even·ly; even·ness; even·tra·tion; even·tual; even·tu·al·i·ty; even·tu·al·ly; even·tu·ate; un·even; break·even; even·hand·ed·ly; even·hand·ed·ness; even·tu·a·tion; … English syllables
even — is normally placed immediately before the word or phrase that it qualifies: Doctors must pursue costly and even dangerous investigations / She is talking even more loudly / He even enrolled in a business studies course. In some cases even… … Modern English usage
even if — phrase used for emphasizing that although something may happen or may be true, another situation remains the same He’s determined to prove his innocence, even if he has to go to the highest court in the land. Thesaurus: words used to describe… … Useful english dictionary
Even — E ven, adv. [AS. efne. See {Even}, a., and cf. {E en}.] 1. In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well. Is it even so? Shak. [1913 Webster] Even so did these Gauls possess the coast. Spenser. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
even — [adj1] flat, uniform alike, balanced, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, direct, equal, flush, homogenous, horizontal, level, matching, metrical, parallel, planate, plane, plumb, proportional, regular, right, same, smooth, square,… … New thesaurus
Even — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Anat Even (* 1960), israelische Regisseurin Bert Even (* 1925), deutscher Politiker, Präsident des Bundesverwaltungsamtes Jean Even (1910 1986), französischer Maler und Plakatmaler Johannes Even… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Even — E ven, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Evening}] 1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth. [1913 Webster] His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. Sir. W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] It will even all inequalities Evelyn. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English