eV -abbr

  1. electron volt

EV -abbr

  1. electric vehicle

EVA -abbr

  1. extravehicular activity

evac·u·ate [i-'va-kyə-,wāt, -kyü-,āt] -vb, adj

  1. to remove the contents of : empty
  2. to discharge from the body as waste : void
  3. to remove something (as gas or water) from esp. by pumping
  4. to remove esp. from a military zone or dangerous area
  5. to withdraw from military occupation of
  6. vacate
    • were ordered to evacuate the building
  7. to withdraw from a place in an organized way esp. for protection
  8. to pass urine or feces from the body

evac·u·a·tion [i-,va-kyə-'wā-shən, -kyü-'ā-] -n

  1. the act or process of evacuating
  2. something evacuated or discharged

evac·u·ee [i-,va-kyə-'wē, -kyü-'ē-] -n

  1. an evacuated person

evade [i-'vād, ē-] -vb, adj, n

  1. to slip away
  2. to take refuge in escape or avoidance
  3. to elude by dexterity or stratagem
  4. to avoid facing up to
    • evaded the real issues
  5. to avoid the performance of : dodge, circumvent
  6. to fail to pay (taxes)
  7. to avoid answering directly : turn aside
  8. to be elusive to : baffle
    • the simple, personal meaning evaded them -- C. D. Lewis

evag·i·na·tion [i-,va-jə-'nā-shən] -n

  1. an act or instance of everting
  2. a product of eversion : outgrowth

eval -abbr

  1. evaluation

evalu·able [i-'val-yə-bəl, -yə-wə-bəl, -yü-ə-] -adj

  1. able to be evaluated

eval·u·ate [i-'val-yə-,wāt, -yü-,āt] -vt, n, adj

  1. to determine or fix the value of
  2. to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usu. by careful appraisal and study

ev·a·nesce [,e-və-'nes] -vi

  1. to dissipate like vapor

ev·a·nes·cence [,e-və-'ne-sᵊn(t)s] -n

  1. the process or fact of evanescing
  2. evanescent quality

ev·a·nes·cent [-sᵊnt] -adj

  1. tending to vanish like vapor

evan·gel [i-'van-jəl] -n

  1. gospel

evangel -n

  1. evangelist

evan·gel·i·cal [,ē-,van-'je-li-kəl, ,e-vən-] -adj, n, adv

  1. of, relating to, or being in agreement with the Christian gospel esp. as it is presented in the four Gospels
  2. protestant
  3. emphasizing salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and the importance of preaching as contrasted with ritual
  4. of or relating to the Evangelical Church in Germany
  5. of, adhering to, or marked by fundamentalism : fundamentalist
  6. low church
  7. marked by militant or crusading zeal : evangelistic
    • the evangelical ardor of the movement's leaders -- Amos Vogel

evangelical -n

  1. one holding evangelical principles or belonging to an evangelical party or church

evan·ge·lism [i-'van-jə-,li-zəm] -n, adj, adv

  1. the winning or revival of personal commitments to Christ
  2. militant or crusading zeal

evan·ge·list [i-'van-jə-list] -n

  1. a writer of any of the four Gospels
  2. a person who evangelizes
  3. a Protestant minister or layman who preaches at special services
  4. an enthusiastic advocate
    • an evangelist for physical fitness

evan·ge·lize [i-'van-jə-,līz] -vb, n

  1. to preach the gospel to
  2. to convert to Christianity
  3. to preach the gospel

evap -abbr

  1. evaporate

evap·o·rate [i-'va-p(ə-),rāt] -vb, n, adj

  1. to convert into vapor
  2. to dissipate or draw off in vapor or fumes
  3. to deposit (as a metal) in the form of a film by sublimation
  4. to expel moisture from
  5. expel
    • evaporate electrons from a hot wire
  6. to pass off in vapor or in minute particles
  7. to pass off or away : disappear
    • her ardor evaporated
  8. to diminish quickly
  9. to give forth vapor

evaporated milk -n

  1. unsweetened milk concentrated by partial evaporation

evap·o·rite [i-'va-pə-,rīt] -n, adj

  1. a sedimentary rock (as gypsum) that originates by evaporation of seawater in an enclosed basin

evapo·trans·pi·ra·tion [i-'va-pō-,tran(t)-spə-'rā-shən] -n

  1. loss of water from the soil both by evaporation and by transpiration from the plants growing thereon

eva·sion [i-'vā-zhən, ē-] -n

  1. a means of evading : dodge
  2. the act or an instance of evading : escape
    • suspected of tax evasion

eva·sive [i-'vā-siv, -ziv, ē-] -adj, adv, n

  1. tending or intended to evade : equivocal
    • evasive answers

eve ['ēv] -n

  1. evening
  2. the evening or the day before a special day
  3. the period immediately preceding

Eve ['ēv] -n

  1. the first woman, the wife of Adam, and the mother of Cain and Abel

even ['ē-vən] -n

  1. evening
  2. having a horizontal surface : flat
    • even ground
  3. being without break, indentation, or irregularity : smooth
  4. being in the same plane or line
  5. free from variation : uniform
    • his disposition was even
  6. level
  7. equal, fair
    • an even exchange
  8. leaving nothing due on either side : square
    • we will not be even until you repay my visit
  9. fully revenged
  10. being in equilibrium : balanced
  11. showing neither profit nor loss
  12. candid
  13. being any of the integers (as 2, 0, and 2) that are divisible by two without leaving a remainder
  14. marked by an even number
  15. being a mathematical function such that f(x) f(x)where the value remains unchanged if the sign of the independent variable is reversed
  16. exact, precise
    • an even dollar
  17. as likely as not : fifty-fifty
    • an even chance of winning
  18. exactly, precisely
  19. to a degree that extends : fully, quite
    • faithful even unto death
  20. at the very time
    • raining even as the sun came out
  21. used as an intensive to emphasize the identity or character of something
    • forgot his car keys and even left the engine running
  22. used as an intensive to stress an extreme or highly unlikely condition or instance
    • so simple even a child can do it
  23. used as an intensive to stress the comparative degree
    • she did even better
  24. used as an intensive to indicate a small or minimum amount
    • didn't even try
  25. to make even
  26. to become even

even·fall ['ē-vən-,fȯl] -n

  1. the beginning of evening : dusk

even·hand·ed [,ē-vən-'han-dəd] -adj, adv, n

  1. fair, impartial

eve·ning ['ēv-niŋ] -n

  1. the latter part and close of the day and early part of the night
  2. afternoon
  3. the period from sunset or the evening meal to bedtime
  4. the latter portion
  5. the period of an evening's entertainment

evening -adj

  1. suitable for formal or semiformal evening social occasions
    • evening dress
    • evening clothes

evening grosbeak -n

  1. a No. American grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vespertinus) having conspicuous white wing patches with the male being chiefly yellowish with some black

evening prayer -n

  1. the daily evening office of the Anglican liturgy

evening primrose -n

  1. any of several dicotyledonous plants of a family (Onagraceae, the evening-primrose family) and esp. of the type genus ( Oenothera)
  2. a coarse biennial herb ( O. biennis) of No. America with yellow flowers that open in the evening

eve·nings ['ēv-niŋz] -adv

  1. in the evening repeatedly : on any evening
    • goes bowling evenings

evening star -n

  1. a bright planet (as Venus) seen esp. in the western sky at or after sunset
  2. a planet that rises before midnight

evenkeeled ['ē-vən-,kēld] -adj

  1. characterized by stability or consistency

even money -n

  1. a situation in wagering in which the odds are even

even permutation -n

  1. a permutation that is produced by the successive application of an even number of interchanges of pairs of elements

even so -adv

  1. in spite of that : nevertheless

even·song ['ē-vən-,sȯŋ] -n

  1. vespers
  2. evening prayer

event [i-'vent] -n, adj

  1. outcome
  2. the final outcome or determination of a legal action
  3. a postulated outcome, condition, or eventuality
    • in the event that I am not there, call the house
  4. something that happens : occurrence
  5. a noteworthy happening
  6. a social occasion or activity
  7. an adverse or damaging medical occurrence
    • a heart attack or other cardiac event
  8. any of the contests in a program of sports
  9. the fundamental entity of observed physical reality represented by a point designated by three coordinates of place and one of time in the space-time continuum postulated by the theory of relativity
  10. a subset of the possible outcomes of an experiment

event·ful [i-'vent-fəl] -adj, adv, n

  1. full of or rich in events
  2. momentous

event horizon -n

  1. the surface of a black hole : the boundary of a black hole beyond which nothing can escape from within it

even·tide ['ē-vən-,tīd] -n

  1. the time of evening : evening

even·tu·al [i-'ven(t)-sh(ə-)wəl, -'ven-chəl, -chü-əl] -adj

  1. contingent, conditional
  2. taking place at an unspecified later time : ultimately resulting
    • they counted on our eventual success

even·tu·al·i·ty [i-,ven-chə-'wa-lə-tē] -n

  1. a possible event or outcome : possibility

even·tu·al·ly -adv

  1. at an unspecified later time : in the end

even·tu·ate [i-'ven-chə-,wāt] -vi

  1. to come out finally : result, come about

ev·er ['e-vər] -adv

  1. always
    • ever striving to improve
    • the ever -increasing population
  2. at any time
    • more than ever before
  3. in any way
    • how can I ever thank you
  4. used as an intensive
    • looks ever so angry
    • am I ever happy to see you

ev·er·bloom·ing [,e-vər-'blü-miŋ] -adj

  1. blooming more or less continuously throughout the growing season

ev·er·dur·ing [,e-vər-'du̇r-iŋ, -'dyu̇r-] -adj

  1. everlasting

ev·er·glade ['e-vər-,glād] -n

  1. a swampy grassland esp. in southern Florida usu. containing saw grass and at least seasonally covered by slowly moving water usu. used in pl.

ev·er·green ['e-vər-,grēn] -adj

  1. having foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season
  2. retaining freshness or interest : perennial

evergreen -n

  1. an evergreen plant
  2. conifer
  3. twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration
  4. something that retains its freshness, interest, or popularity

evergreen oak -n

  1. any of various oaks (as a live oak, a holm oak, or a tan oak) with foliage that persists for two years so that the plant is more or less continuously green

ev·er·last·ing [,e-vər-'las-tiŋ] -adj, adv, n

  1. lasting or enduring through all time : eternal
  2. continuing for a long time or indefinitely
  3. having or being flowers or foliage that retain form or color for a long time when dried
  4. tediously persistent
    • the everlasting sympathy-seeker who demands attention -- H. A. Overstreet
  5. wearing indefinitely
    • everlasting twill pants

everlasting -n

  1. eternity
    • from everlasting
  2. god used with the
  3. any of several chiefly composite plants (as cudweed) with flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
  4. the flower of an everlasting

ev·er·more [,e-vər-'mȯr] -adv

  1. forever, always
  2. in the future

ever·sion [i-'vər-zhən, -shən] -n, adj

  1. the act of turning inside out : the state of being turned inside out
    • eversion of the bladder
  2. the condition (as of the foot) of being turned or rotated outward

evert [i-'vərt] -vt

  1. overthrow, upset
  2. to subject to eversion

ev·ery ['ev-rē] -adj

  1. being each individual or part of a group without exception
  2. being each in a series or succession
    • every few days
    • every once in a while
  3. being all taken severally
  4. being each within a range of possibilities
    • was given every chance
  5. complete, entire
    • we have every confidence in her

ev·ery·body ['ev-ri-,bə-dē, -,bä-] -pron

  1. everyone

ev·ery·day ['ev-rē-,dā, ,ev-re-'] -adj, n

  1. encountered or used routinely or typically : ordinary
    • everyday clothes

ev·ery·man ['ev-rē-,man] -n

  1. the typical or ordinary person

ev·ery·one [-(,)wən] -pron

  1. every person : everybody

ev·ery·place [-,plās] -adv

  1. everywhere

ev·ery·thing ['ev-rē-,thiŋ] -pron

  1. all that exists
  2. all that relates to the subject
  3. all that is important
    • you mean everything to me
  4. all sorts of other things used to indicate related but unspecified events, facts, or conditions
    • all the pains and colds and everything -- E. B. White

ev·ery·where ['ev-rē-,(h)wer] -adv

  1. in every place or part

every which way -adv

  1. in every direction
  2. in a disorderly manner : irregularly
    • toys scattered about every which way

ev·ery·wom·an ['ev-rē-,wu̇-mən] -n

  1. the typical or ordinary woman

evg -abbr

  1. evening

evict [i-'vikt] -vt, n

  1. to recover (property) from a person by legal process
  2. to put (a tenant) out by legal process
  3. to force out : expel

evict·ee [i-,vik-'tē] -n

  1. an evicted person

ev·i·dence ['e-və-dən(t)s, -və-,den(t)s] -n

  1. an outward sign : indication
  2. something that furnishes proof : testimony
  3. something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter
  4. one who bears witness
  5. one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against his accomplices

evidence -vt

  1. to offer evidence of : prove, evince

ev·i·dent ['e-və-dənt, -və-,dent] -adj

  1. clear to the vision or understanding

ev·i·den·tial [,e-və-'den(t)-shəl] -adj, adv

  1. evidentiary

ev·i·den·tia·ry [,e-və-'den-chə-rē, -chē-,er-ē] -adj

  1. being, relating to, or affording evidence
    • photographs of evidentiary value
  2. conducted so that evidence may be presented
    • an evidentiary hearing

ev·i·dent·ly ['e-və-dənt-lē, -ə-,dent-, esp for 2 often ,ev-ə-'dent-] -adv

  1. in an evident manner : clearly, obviously
    • any style...so evidently bad or second-rate -- T. S. Eliot
  2. on the basis of available evidence
    • he was born...evidently in Texas -- Robert Coughlan

evil ['ē-vəl, Brit often & US also 'ē-(,)vil] -adj, adv, n

  1. morally reprehensible : sinful, wicked
    • an evil impulse
  2. arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct
    • a person of evil reputation
  3. inferior
  4. causing discomfort or repulsion : offensive
    • an evil odor
  5. disagreeable
    • woke late and in an evil temper
  6. causing harm : pernicious
    • the evil institution of slavery
  7. marked by misfortune : unlucky
  8. the fact of suffering, misfortune, and wrongdoing
  9. a cosmic evil force
  10. something that brings sorrow, distress, or calamity

evil·do·er [,ē-vəl-'dü-ər] -n

  1. one who does evil

evil·do·ing [-'dü-iŋ] -n

  1. the act or action of doing evil

evil eye -n

  1. an eye or glance held capable of inflicting harm
  2. a person believed to have such an eye or glance

evilmind·ed [,ē-vəl-'mīn-dəd, -vil-] -adj, adv, n

  1. having an evil disposition or evil thoughts

evince [i-'vin(t)s] -vt, adj

  1. to constitute outward evidence of
  2. to display clearly : reveal

evis·cer·ate [i-'vi-sə-,rāt] -vb, n

  1. to take out the entrails of : disembowel
  2. to deprive of vital content or force
  3. to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)
  4. to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision

ev·i·ta·ble ['e-və-tə-bəl] -adj

  1. capable of being avoided

evo·ca·ble ['e-və-kə-bəl, i-'vō-kə-] -adj

  1. capable of being evoked

evo·ca·tion [,ē-vō-'kā-shən, ,e-və-] -n

  1. : the act or fact of evoking : summoning: as
  2. the summoning of a spirit
  3. imaginative recreation
    • an evocation of the past
  4. induction

evoc·a·tive [i-'vä-kə-tiv] -adj, adv, n

  1. evoking or tending to evoke an esp. emotional response
    • settings...so evocative that they bring tears to the eyes -- Eric Malpass

evoke [i-'vōk] -vt

  1. : to call forth or up: as
  2. conjure
    • evoke evil spirits
  3. to cite esp. with approval or for support : invoke
  4. to bring to mind or recollection
    • this place evoke s memories
  5. to re-create imaginatively

evo·lute ['e-və-,lüt also 'ē-və-] -n

  1. the locus of the center of curvature or the envelope of the normals of a curve

evo·lu·tion [,e-və-'lü-shən, ,ē-və-] -n, adv, adj, n or adj

  1. one of a set of prescribed movements
  2. a process of change in a certain direction : unfolding
  3. the action or an instance of forming and giving something off : emission
  4. a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state : growth
  5. a process of gradual and relatively peaceful social, political, and economic advance
  6. something evolved
  7. the process of working out or developing
  8. the historical development of a biological group (as a race or species) : phylogeny
  9. a theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations
  10. the process described by this theory
  11. the extraction of a mathematical root
  12. a process in which the whole universe is a progression of interrelated phenomena

evolutionary psychology -n

  1. the study of human cognition and behavior with respect to their evolutionary origins

evolve [i-'välv, -'vȯlv, ē- also -'väv or -'vȯv] -vb, adj, n

  1. emit
  2. derive, educe
  3. to produce by natural evolutionary processes
  4. develop, work out
    • evolve social, political, and literary philosophies -- L. W. Doob
  5. to undergo evolutionary change

evul·sion [i-'vəl-shən] -n

  1. extraction

ev·zone ['ev-,zōn] -n

  1. a member of a select Greek infantry unit often serving as a palace guard