even if

/ˌiːvən ˈɪf/[iːvn̩ˈɪf][iːvˈnɪf]

conjunction

Regardless of whether; irrespective of (something happening or being the case).

“She is a leader, even if she has many enemies.”

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Meanings

conjunction
  1. Regardless of whether; irrespective of (something happening or being the case).

    I'm going to go for a picnic tomorrow even if it rains all day.

    1 more example

    Even if you find one that has money and means to drill, he'll maybe know nothing about drilling.

    2007 September 27, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, spoken by Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), distributed by Paramount Vantage & Miramax Films
  2. Despite the fact that; although; even though.

    She is a leader, even if she has many enemies.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
although

Translations

Ancient Greek εἴπερ
  • εἴπερ (eíper)irrespective of
Catalan fins i tot si
  • fins i tot siirrespective of
Chinese Cantonese 即便, 就算
  • 即便 (zik¹ bin⁶)irrespective of
  • 就算 (zau⁶ syun³)irrespective of
Chinese Mandarin 即使, 即便
  • 即使 (jíshǐ)irrespective of
  • 即便 (jíbiàn)irrespective of
  • 就是……也…… (jiùshì ... yě ...)irrespective of
  • 就是……還…… /就是……还…… (jiùshì ... hái ...)irrespective of
  • 哪怕 (nǎpà)irrespective of
  • 就算 (jiùsuàn)irrespective of
Esperanto eĉ se
  • eĉ seirrespective of
Finnish vaikka, vaikkakin
  • vaikkairrespective of
  • vaikkakinirrespective of
French même si
  • même siirrespective of
German selbst wenn
  • selbst wennirrespective of
Greek ακόμα και αν
  • ακόμα και αν (akóma kai an)irrespective of
Hebrew גם אם, אפילו אם
  • גם אם (gam im)irrespective of
  • אפילו אם (afílu im)irrespective of
Hindi चाहे
  • चाहे (cāhe)irrespective of
Hungarian még ha
  • még hairrespective of
Italian anche se
  • anche seirrespective of
Japanese 縦え, 縦しんば
  • 縦え (tatoe)irrespective of
  • 縦しんば (yoshimba)irrespective of
Latin etsī, etiamsī
  • etsīirrespective of
  • etiamsīirrespective of
  • tametsīirrespective of
Norwegian selv om
  • selv omirrespective of
Polish niezależnie od, bez względu na
  • niezależnie odirrespective of
  • bez względu nairrespective of
  • nawet jeśliirrespective of
Portuguese mesmo se
  • mesmo seirrespective of
Romanian chiar dacă
  • chiar dacăirrespective of
Russian да́же е́сли
  • да́же е́сли (dáže jésli)irrespective of
Spanish aunque, aunque más
  • aunqueirrespective of
  • aunque másirrespective of
  • aun/incluso/hasta siirrespective of
  • por más queirrespective of
  • por mucho queirrespective of
Swedish även om, oavsett
  • även omirrespective of
  • oavsettirrespective of
Tagalog kahit na
  • kahit nairrespective of
Thai ถึงแม้, ต่อให้
  • ถึงแม้irrespective of
  • ต่อให้irrespective of
Turkish -sa bile, -sa dahi
  • -sa bileirrespective of
  • -sa dahiirrespective of
Vietnamese cho dù
  • cho dùirrespective of
Cite this entry
APA

even if. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/even%20if

MLA

“even if.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/even%20if. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “even if,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/even%20if.

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