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echelon

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class='function-label' role='heading' aria-level='3'>Noun

before 12th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Old English efen; akin to Old High German eban even

Adverb

Middle English, from Old English efne, from efen, adjective

Noun

Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen

even

adverb

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)

not merely this but also //the blue whale is a huge, even awesome animal by any measure
Synonyms

indeed nay truly verily yea
Related Words

assuredly certainly decidedly definitely doubtless incontestably incontrovertibly indisputably positively really surely undeniably undoubtedly unquestionably
Synonymous Phrases

in fact in reality in truth
to a full extent or degree //I will love you even to the end of time
Synonyms

all all of all over altogether clean completely dead enough entire entirely exactly fast flat full fully heartily out perfectly plumb [chiefly dialect] quite soundly thoroughly through and through totally utterly well wholly wide
Related Words

absolutely categorically cold downright hands down plain stone stone-cold unqualifiedly
basically by and large chiefly generally largely mainly more or less mostly overall predominantly predominately primarily principally substantially
abundantly copiously generously greatly
Synonymous Phrases

all the way at length down the line down to the ground for fair in whole to bits to pieces to the hilt to the max
Near Antonyms

barely hardly just kind of marginally minimally scarcely slightly superficially
approximately roughly somewhat
Antonyms

half
before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old English efen; akin to Old High German eban even
Adverb
Middle English, from Old English efne, from efen, adjective
Noun
Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen

even

adverb

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)

not merely this but also //the blue whale is a huge, even awesome animal by any measure
Synonyms

indeed nay truly verily yea
Related Words

assuredly certainly decidedly definitely doubtless incontestably incontrovertibly indisputably positively really surely undeniably undoubtedly unquestionably
Synonymous Phrases

in fact in reality in truth
to a full extent or degree //I will love you even to the end of time
Synonyms

all all of all over altogether clean completely dead enough entire entirely exactly fast flat full fully heartily out perfectly plumb [chiefly dialect] quite soundly thoroughly through and through totally utterly well wholly wide
Related Words

absolutely categorically cold downright hands down plain stone stone-cold unqualifiedly
basically by and large chiefly generally largely mainly more or less mostly overall predominantly predominately primarily principally substantially
abundantly copiously generously greatly
Synonymous Phrases

all the way at length down the line down to the ground for fair in whole to bits to pieces to the hilt to the max
Near Antonyms

barely hardly just kind of marginally minimally scarcely slightly superficially
approximately roughly somewhat
Antonyms

half
before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old English efen; akin to Old High German eban even
Adverb
Middle English, from Old English efne, from efen, adjective
Noun
Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen

even

adverb

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)

not merely this but also //the blue whale is a huge, even awesome animal by any measure
Synonyms

indeed nay truly verily yea
Related Words

assuredly certainly decidedly definitely doubtless incontestably incontrovertibly indisputably positively really surely undeniably undoubtedly unquestionably
Synonymous Phrases

in fact in reality in truth
to a full extent or degree //I will love you even to the end of time
Synonyms

all all of all over altogether clean completely dead enough entire entirely exactly fast flat full fully heartily out perfectly plumb [chiefly dialect] quite soundly thoroughly through and through totally utterly well wholly wide
Related Words

absolutely categorically cold downright hands down plain stone stone-cold unqualifiedly
basically by and large chiefly generally largely mainly more or less mostly overall predominantly predominately primarily principally substantially
abundantly copiously generously greatly
Synonymous Phrases

all the way at length down the line down to the ground for fair in whole to bits to pieces to the hilt to the max
Near Antonyms

barely hardly just kind of marginally minimally scarcely slightly superficially
approximately roughly somewhat
Antonyms

half
before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old English efen; akin to Old High German eban even
Adverb
Middle English, from Old English efne, from efen, adjective
Noun
Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen

even

adverb

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)

not merely this but also //the blue whale is a huge, even awesome animal by any measure
Synonyms

indeed nay truly verily yea
Related Words

assuredly certainly decidedly definitely doubtless incontestably incontrovertibly indisputably positively really surely undeniably undoubtedly unquestionably
Synonymous Phrases

in fact in reality in truth
to a full extent or degree //I will love you even to the end of time
Synonyms

all all of all over altogether clean completely dead enough entire entirely exactly fast flat full fully heartily out perfectly plumb [chiefly dialect] quite soundly thoroughly through and through totally utterly well wholly wide
Related Words

absolutely categorically cold downright hands down plain stone stone-cold unqualifiedly
basically by and large chiefly generally largely mainly more or less mostly overall predominantly predominately primarily principally substantially
abundantly copiously generously greatly
Synonymous Phrases

all the way at length down the line down to the ground for fair in whole to bits to pieces to the hilt to the max
Near Antonyms

barely hardly just kind of marginally minimally scarcely slightly superficially
approximately roughly somewhat
Antonyms

half