English Phrase of the Day

not even

Definitions

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not even
1. adv. Introduces or constitutes a more emphatic negation or exclusion than "not".
Not even I knew that.
You didn't even look at me.
2. interj. (colloquial) Used to express strong disappointment or disapproval.
I heard they wanted to cancel the show tonight.
Not even!
Analysis
not
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
2. adv. To no degree.
That is not red; it's orange.
Even
1. n. An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people living in the Siberia and the Russian Far East.
2. adj. Flat and level.
Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
3. adj. Without great variation.
Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.

I'm not even going to go there.

Not even half time and we're already two goals down.

I went to school, but I do not even have money to buy one goat.

Interesting how we are concerned with peace demonstrators when we are not even at war.

He confessed that he's not even the person he thinks he is.

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