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eu — Everyday, meaning 1: (abbreviation) «EU» stands for the European Union, a group of many European countries that work together on trade, travel, laws and money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (French) «Eu» is a form of the verb «avoir» (to have): «j'ai eu» means «I had»; it sounds like «oo» said with rounded lips.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Portuguese) «Eu» means «I» in Portuguese.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In names from Greek, such as Prometheus, «eu» is said as two separate sounds, «e-oo».↗ Example: France, Germany and Ireland are in the EU.↗ · Many EU countries use the euro.↗ · The UK left the EU after a vote.↗ · Ukraine has applied to join the EU.↗ · In French, «j'ai eu un chien» means «I had a dog».↗ · In Portuguese, «eu» means «I».↗ · The EU flag is blue with a circle of yellow stars.↗ · [53] Most of the words ending in eus may also be pronounced thus: AE'-ge-us, [=a]'-tre-us, pro-me'-the-us, etc.↗

eucalyptus — Everyday, meaning 1: A eucalyptus is a tall tree from Australia with long, strong-smelling leaves; it is also called a gum tree.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Eucalyptus is the oil from its leaves, used in some medicines and sprays.↗ Example: Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.↗ · The eucalyptus tree smells fresh after rain.↗ · Eucalyptus oil is used in some cold medicines.↗ · Most of Australia's forests are eucalyptus forests.↗ · The bark of the eucalyptus peels off in strips.↗ · A kookaburra sat in the old gum tree.↗ · Eucalyptus leaves are poisonous to most animals, but not to koalas.↗

eucharist — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) The Christian service in which bread and wine are blessed and shared to remember Jesus's Last Supper; also called Holy Communion, the Mass or the Lord's Supper.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The bread and wine themselves, which many Christians believe become, or show, the body and blood of Christ.↗ Example: On Sunday the family went to the Eucharist.↗ · The priest blessed the bread and wine at the Eucharist.↗ · Christians believe Jesus gave the Eucharist at the Last Supper.↗ · Catholics call the Eucharist the Mass.↗ · She received the Eucharist for the first time at her First Communion.↗ · «Eucharist» comes from a Greek word meaning «thanksgiving».↗

eunuch — Everyday, meaning 1: A eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen.↗ Example: The eunuch hurried back to the king.↗ · The eunuch carried the letter to the princess.↗ · The king sent for the chief of the eunuchs.↗ · For thus saith the LORD concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and hold fast by My covenant: (Prophets ISA.56.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Neither let the alien, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying: 'The LORD will surely separate me from His people'; neither let the eunuch say: 'Behold, I am a dry tree.'↗ (Prophets ISA.56.3, JPS 1917)↗

euphemism — Everyday, meaning 1: A euphemism is a gentle, polite or indirect word or phrase used instead of one that sounds too harsh, rude or upsetting.↗ Examples: «passed away» for «died», «let go» for «sacked», «the little boys' room» for «the toilet».↗ Example: «Passed away» is a euphemism for «died».↗ · The company said workers were «let go», a euphemism for being sacked.↗ · «Powder my nose» is an old euphemism for going to the toilet.↗ · «Between jobs» is a euphemism for «out of work».↗ · Grandma used a euphemism because she didn't want to upset us.↗ · «Put to sleep» is a gentle euphemism for a vet ending a sick pet's life.↗ · Spot the euphemism in this news report.↗ · [59] Literally, "has bid to live long," a conventional euphemism for "has died." "↗ Remember what his name was," is sometimes added.↗

eurasian — Everyday, meaning 1: Eurasian means about Eurasia — Europe and Asia together, the biggest piece of land on Earth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Many animals have Eurasian in their names because they live across Europe and Asia, like the Eurasian otter or Eurasian jay.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (dated) A Eurasian was a person with one European and one Asian parent.↗ Example: The Eurasian plate is one of the biggest tectonic plates.↗ · Europe and Asia together form the Eurasian landmass.↗ · We saw a Eurasian jay in the woods.↗ · The Eurasian otter lives in rivers.↗ · The Eurasian steppe is a huge grassland.↗ · The Himalayas formed where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet.↗

eureka — Everyday, meaning 1: «Eureka!» is a cry of joy when you suddenly discover or work out something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun, as «eureka moment») A eureka moment is the instant when you suddenly understand something or have a great idea.↗ Example: «Eureka!» shouted Sam when he finally found the missing puzzle piece.↗ · Archimedes is said to have cried «Eureka!» in his bath.↗ · I had a eureka moment when the fractions finally made sense.↗ · Scientists sometimes have eureka moments, but most discoveries take years of work.↗ · California's state motto is «Eureka».↗ · The detective's eureka moment came when she saw the muddy boots.↗ · We all said «eureka» when the experiment worked.↗

euro — Everyday, meaning 1: The euro is the money used in many countries of the European Union, such as Ireland, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.↗ Its sign is €.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A euro is one unit of this money; one euro is 100 cents.↗ Example: The ice cream costs two euros.↗ · In Ireland we pay in euros.↗ · One euro is worth a hundred cents.↗ · I saved twenty euros for the school trip.↗ · The euro sign looks like a «C» with two lines.↗ · Eight euros minus three euros fifty is four euros fifty.↗ · When we went to France, Dad changed pounds into euros.↗

europe — Everyday, meaning 1: Europe is one of the seven continents of the world.↗ France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Ukraine are in Europe.↗ Example: They flew to Europe for 10 days.↗ · The trip to Europe cost $2,400.↗ · She visited 5 countries in Europe.↗ · The flight to Europe takes 8 hours.↗ · Europe is one of the seven continents.↗ · Ireland is an island in the west of Europe.↗ · Many languages are spoken in Europe.↗ · The longest river in Europe is the Volga.↗ · The climate in the north of Europe is really dreadful.↗ · Dr. Zunz, the Nestor of the Jewish Rabbis in Europe, maintains that we have to look for the genesis of the book "Yezirah" in the Geonic period, (700-1000), and that it was consequently composed in a post-talmudical time.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

european — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective) From or to do with Europe, the continent that includes countries such as France, Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK.↗ e.g. European countries.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A person from Europe.↗ Example: France is a European country.↗ · Many European cities have old castles.↗ · The European Union is a group of countries that work together.↗ · A European family moved in next door.↗ · We learned about European explorers.↗ · Europeans speak many different languages.↗

ev — Everyday, meaning 1: (abbreviation) EV stands for electric vehicle, a car, bus or bike that runs on electricity from a battery instead of petrol or diesel.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) eV stands for electronvolt, a tiny unit of energy used in physics.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In some contexts «ev» is a fragment of «every» or «even» in casual typing.↗ Example: Our neighbour bought an EV and charges it overnight.↗ · The car park has six EV charging points.↗ · EVs are quiet, so be careful crossing the road.↗ · An EV does not give off exhaust fumes from the car itself.↗ · The school minibus is now an EV.↗ · How far can the EV go on a full charge?↗ · They go and come at His word, and at His command ti)ev pursue like the whirlwind, and kneel before His throne.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

evacuate — Everyday, meaning 1: To evacuate a place is to leave it, or to make people leave it, because it is dangerous.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To evacuate people is to move them to a safer place.↗ Example: We evacuated the school during the fire drill.↗ · Walk, don't run, when you evacuate the classroom.↗ · Families were evacuated because of the flood.↗ · The firefighters told everyone to evacuate.↗ · In the war, many children were evacuated to the countryside.↗ · Line up at the meeting point after you evacuate.↗ · Leave your bags behind when you evacuate.↗ · Peace was then concluded, whereupon the Amazons evacuated the country.↗

evacuation — Everyday, meaning 1: An evacuation is when people leave a dangerous place quickly and in an organised way, such as a building on fire or a town before a flood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In history, evacuation was moving children from cities to the countryside to keep them safe in wartime.↗ Example: We practised an evacuation drill at school.↗ · Follow the evacuation route to the assembly point.↗ · The bushfire led to the evacuation of the town.↗ · During an evacuation, leave your bags behind.↗ · The evacuation took only four minutes.↗ · Families went to an evacuation centre during the flood.↗ · In the war, the evacuation of city children kept them safe from bombs.↗ · Listen for the alarm and start the evacuation calmly.↗

evacuee — Everyday, meaning 1: An evacuee is a person who has been moved away from a dangerous place to somewhere safer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (history, UK) In the Second World War, evacuees were children sent from cities to the countryside to escape bombing.↗ Example: The evacuee arrived at the station with a label on her coat.↗ · Thousands of evacuees left London in 1939.↗ · The farmer's family took in two evacuees.↗ · Evacuees from the wildfire stayed in the school hall.↗ · In the story, the evacuee missed his mum terribly.↗ · The town welcomed evacuees from the flood.↗

evade — Everyday, meaning 1: To escape from or keep away from someone or something, like a chaser.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To avoid answering a question or doing something you should do, often by being clever or dishonest.↗ Example: The fox evaded the hounds by running into the river.↗ · The winger evaded two defenders and scored.↗ · He evaded my question by changing the subject.↗ · The thief evaded the police for weeks.↗ · Some animals evade predators by hiding.↗ · Evading tax is against the law.↗ · You will not evade your challenge in that way, my love, and you shall run with me or you shall run to your ship with me behind you.↗ · Rittangelius always gives " praeter illud ineffabile."↗ Pistorius gives '* praeter ineffabile."↗ Postellus evades the difficulty and simply puts the word Belimah into his Latin trans- lation.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

evaluate — Everyday, meaning 1: To evaluate something is to judge how good, useful or successful it is, after thinking about it carefully.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In maths, to evaluate an expression is to work out its value as a number: «Evaluate 3 × (4 + 2)».↗ Example: Evaluate your model bridge: did it hold the weight?↗ · Evaluate 5 + 3 × 2 (the answer is 11).↗ · The teacher evaluated our stories and gave feedback.↗ · Scientists evaluate the results of an experiment carefully.↗ · We need to evaluate which website gives true facts.↗ · Evaluate the expression 2a when a = 7.↗ · Doctors evaluate a patient before choosing a treatment.↗

evaluation — Everyday, meaning 1: Careful judging of how good, useful or valuable something is.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A written or spoken report that gives that judgement.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) Working out the value of an expression.↗ Example: Write an evaluation of your experiment.↗ · In our evaluation, we said the test was not fair.↗ · The teacher's evaluation of my story was very kind.↗ · Self-evaluation helps you see how to improve.↗ · The evaluation of 5 + 3 × 2 gives 11.↗ · The school had an evaluation by inspectors.↗

evangelical — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) Evangelical describes Christians and churches that put great weight on the Bible, on a personal faith in Jesus and on telling others the good news.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) An evangelical is a person who belongs to this kind of Christianity.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Very keen and eager to persuade others about something you believe in, like a cause or a hobby.↗ Example: Our neighbours go to an evangelical church on the corner.↗ · Evangelical Christians believe that each person can have a personal friendship with God.↗ · The evangelical preacher spoke about the good news of Jesus.↗ · Many evangelicals read the Bible every day.↗ · My uncle is evangelical about cycling and tells everyone to get a bike.↗ · She was almost evangelical about her new vegetable diet.↗ · The evangelical youth group sang songs at the summer camp.↗

evaporate — Everyday, meaning 1: When a liquid evaporates, it slowly turns into a gas (vapour) and goes into the air, often because it is warmed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: When feelings or things evaporate, they disappear.↗ Example: The puddles evaporated in the sunshine.↗ · Water evaporates faster on a hot, windy day.↗ · When seawater evaporates, salt is left behind.↗ · Evaporated water rises and forms clouds.↗ · Leave the wet clothes outside so the water can evaporate.↗ · My fear evaporated when I saw my mum.↗ · In the experiment, half the water evaporated in a week.↗

evaporation — Everyday, meaning 1: Evaporation is when a liquid, usually water, slowly turns into a gas (vapour) and goes into the air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Evaporation can mean something slowly disappearing.↗ Example: Puddles disappear because of evaporation.↗ · Evaporation is faster on a hot, windy day.↗ · Evaporation is part of the water cycle.↗ · Salt is left behind after evaporation of sea water.↗ · Evaporation of sweat cools your skin.↗ · We measured evaporation from two dishes of water.↗