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even

Adverb

Beispiel: “Even my little brother knew the answer.”

Synonyme: also, flat

Antonyme: uneven

evening

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I read in the evening.”

Synonyme: nightfall

Antonyme: morning

event

/ɪˈvent/

Beispiel: “The event starts at 6 p.m.”

Synonyme: case

hindsight

Substantiv

Beispiel: “In hindsight, the decision was wrong.”

Synonyme: retrospection

Antonyme: foresight

contagion

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Schools closed to prevent contagion.”

Synonyme: infection, spread

Antonyme: immunity

engender

Verb

Beispiel: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Synonyme: cause, produce

Antonyme: prevent

calamity

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The flood was a calamity for the village.”

Synonyme: disaster, catastrophe

Antonyme: blessing

allegory

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Synonyme: symbolic story

Antonyme: literal story

induce

Verb

Beispiel: “Stress can induce headaches.”

Synonyme: cause, trigger

Antonyme: prevent

hamper

Verb

Beispiel: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Synonyme: hinder, obstruct

Antonyme: help

scenario

Substantiv

Beispiel: “This scenario is possible.”

Synonyme: situation, case

Antonyme: certainty

conference

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The conference starts tomorrow.”

Synonyme: meeting, event

Antonyme: private talk

presenter

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The presenter introduced the guest.”

Synonyme: host, speaker

Antonyme: audience

hygiene

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Good hygiene prevents disease.”

Synonyme: cleanliness

Antonyme: dirtiness

profit

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The business made a profit.”

Synonyme: gain, earnings

Antonyme: loss

biography

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I read his biography.”

Synonyme: life story

Antonyme: fiction

novel

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I am reading a novel.”

Synonyme: fiction book

Antonyme: textbook

schedule

Substantiv

Beispiel: “My schedule is full today.”

Synonyme: timetable, plan

Antonyme: chaos

party

Substantiv

Beispiel: “We are going to a party.”

Synonyme: celebration

afternoon

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I play football in the afternoon.”

Synonyme: daytime

Antonyme: morning, night

inexorably

Adverb

Beispiel: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Synonyme: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonyme: hesitantly, reversibly

uneventful

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “Thankfully, the journey was uneventful.”

Synonyme: calm, ordinary

Antonyme: dramatic, eventful

demolition

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The old factory is scheduled for demolition.”

Synonyme: destruction, teardown

Antonyme: construction, restoration

prophetic

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Synonyme: predictive, visionary

Antonyme: unpredictive, ordinary

cool

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “It is cool outside this evening.”

Synonyme: chilly, great

Antonyme: hot, uncool

odd

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “That is an odd question.”

Synonyme: strange, unusual

Antonyme: normal, even

anchorperson

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The anchorperson introduced the evening news.”

Synonyme: news presenter, host

Antonyme: guest

flat

Substantiv

Beispiel: “They rented a small flat in the city center.”

Synonyme: level, apartment

Antonyme: uneven

medal

Substantiv

Beispiel: “She won a gold medal in the race.”

Synonyme: award

Antonyme:

death

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The story is about life and death.”

Synonyme: end of life

Antonyme: life

cause

Verb

Beispiel: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Synonyme: reason, make happen

Antonyme: prevent

week

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I visit my grandmother every week.”

Synonyme: seven days

Antonyme: day

concurrence

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The proposal was approved with the concurrence of all departments.”

Synonyme: agreement, coincidence

Antonyme: disagreement, divergence

inclusively

Adverb

Beispiel: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Synonyme: openly, without exclusion

Antonyme: exclusively, narrowly

immortalize

Verb

Beispiel: “The novel helped immortalize the city in popular culture.”

Synonyme: preserve forever, commemorate

Antonyme: erase, forget

dispensable

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “In a crisis, even skilled workers may be treated as dispensable.”

Synonyme: nonessential, replaceable

Antonyme: essential, indispensable

fate

Substantiv

Beispiel: “She believed it was fate that brought them together.”

Synonyme: destiny

Antonyme: choice, chance

limp

Verb

Beispiel: “He began to limp after the match.”

Synonyme: walk unevenly

Antonyme: walk normally

ending

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The movie had a surprising ending.”

Synonyme: finish, conclusion

Antonyme: beginning

during

Präposition

Beispiel: “Do not talk during the exam.”

Synonyme: throughout

Antonyme: before, after

worse

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “The weather got worse in the evening.”

Synonyme: more serious, inferior

Antonyme: better

study

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I study English every evening.”

Synonyme: learn

Antonyme: ignore

seven

Begleiter

Beispiel: “There are seven days in a week.”

Synonyme: 7

Antonyme:

enjoy

Verb

Beispiel: “I enjoy reading in the evening.”

Synonyme: like, take pleasure in

Antonyme: dislike

accountability

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Synonyme: responsibility

Antonyme: impunity

retrospective

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The museum hosted a retrospective of her early work.”

Synonyme: looking back

Antonyme: prospective

paralyzingly

Adverb

Beispiel: “The fear was paralyzingly intense.”

Synonyme: immobilizingly

Antonyme: empoweringly

happenstance

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Synonyme: chance

Antonyme: design

colloquially

Adverb

Beispiel: “Colloquially, people call it a “bug,” even when it’s a design flaw.”

Synonyme: informally

Antonyme: formally

insensitively

Adverb

Beispiel: “He spoke insensitively about a painful event.”

Synonyme: tactlessly

Antonyme: sensitively

exploitation

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The law aims to prevent the exploitation of workers.”

Synonyme: abuse

Antonyme: protection

artistically

Adverb

Beispiel: “The film is artistically ambitious, even if imperfect.”

Synonyme: creatively

Antonyme: plainly

sponsorship

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The event relied on corporate sponsorship.”

Synonyme: backing

phase

Substantiv

Beispiel: “We are entering the final phase of the project.”

Synonyme: stage

faith

Substantiv

Beispiel: “He kept faith even in difficult times.”

Synonyme: belief

Antonyme: doubt

minus

Präposition

Beispiel: “Ten minus three is seven.”

Synonyme: subtract

Antonyme: plus

entry

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Entry is free today.”

Synonyme: entrance

Antonyme: exit

dozen

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I bought a dozen eggs.”

Synonyme: twelve

after

Präposition

Beispiel: “Let’s talk after the meeting.”

Antonyme: before

weekly

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “We have a weekly meeting.”

Synonyme: every week

smooth

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “This table is smooth.”

Synonyme: even

Antonyme: rough

morning

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I drink coffee in the morning.”

Synonyme: early day

Antonyme: evening

eleven

Begleiter

Beispiel: “The bus comes at eleven.”

before

Präposition

Beispiel: “Wash your hands before dinner.”

Synonyme: earlier

Antonyme: after

chronologically

Adverb

Beispiel: “Events were arranged chronologically.”

Synonyme: sequentially

Antonyme: randomly

nasty

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “He made a nasty comment.”

Synonyme: unpleasant

Antonyme: pleasant

tonight

Adverb

Beispiel: “I will call you tonight.”

Synonyme: this evening

Antonyme: yesterday

seventy

Begleiter

Beispiel: “She is seventy years old.”

Synonyme: 70

Antonyme:

strange

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “That sound is strange.”

Synonyme: odd

Antonyme: normal

busy

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “I am busy this evening.”

Synonyme: occupied

Antonyme: free

rationalize

Verb

Beispiel: “He rationalized the delay by blaming external factors.”

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Beispiel: “These are preliminary results.”

Synonyme: overture, prelude, exploratory

notwithstanding

/ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/

Beispiel: “Notwithstanding the cost, we proceeded.”

Synonyme: nonetheless, nevertheless, withal

interpret

/ɪnˈtɝːprɪt/

Beispiel: “Data can be interpreted differently.”

Synonyme: render, understand, construe

influence

/ˈɪnfluəns/

Beispiel: “Friends can have a strong influence.”

Synonyme: charm, shape, determine

avoid

/əˈvɔɪd/

Beispiel: “Try to avoid making the same mistake.”

Synonyme: void, obviate, nullify

Antonyme: face, validate, confront

usually

/ˈjuːʒuəli/

Beispiel: “I usually study in the evening.”

Synonyme: ordinarily, normally, commonly

Antonyme: remarkably, unco, outstandingly

night

/naɪt/

Beispiel: “Good night.”

Synonyme: dark, nighttime, nox

Antonyme: daylight, day, daytime