word-vault/dist/data/cards/ev/even.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "even",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to emphasize something unexpected or surprising",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **didn't even** call to say she wasn't coming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **never even** opened the letter *(= so he certainly didn't read it)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It wouldn't have been possible 30 years ago, **maybe even** 20."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was cold there even in summer *(= so it must have been very cold in winter)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even a child can understand it *(= so adults certainly can)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used when you are comparing things, to make the comparison stronger",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You know even less about it than I do."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's **even more** intelligent than her sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Second World War made things **even worse**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We face an even greater challenge today."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to introduce a more exact description of somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's an unattractive building, ugly even."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "just at the same time as somebody does something or as something else happens",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Even as he shouted the warning the car skidded."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "despite the possibility that; no matter whether",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll get there, even if I have to walk."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "despite the fact that; even though",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is a great leader, even if he has many enemies."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "despite what has/had happened",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've shown him the photographs but even now he won't believe me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even then she would not admit her mistake."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "at this or that exact moment",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The troops are even now preparing to march into the city."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "despite that",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are a lot of spelling mistakes; even so, it's quite a good essay."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "despite the fact that",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I like her, even though she can be annoying at times."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːvn/",
                "audio": "ev/even/even__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːvn/",
                "audio": "ev/even/even__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English efen (adjective), efne (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch even, effen and German eben."
}