"een" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /iːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-een.wav [US]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From a contraction of even. Etymology templates: {{m|en|even}} even Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} een (not comparable)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England) even. Tags: Northern-England, dialectal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-een-en-adv-hYzcbabZ Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /iːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-een.wav [US]
Rhymes: -iːn Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} een
  1. (archaic and Scotland, Northern England) plural of eye Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, form-of, plural Form of: eye
    Sense id: en-een-en-noun-zkpje3kX Categories (other): English plurals in -en, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /iːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-een.wav [US] Forms: eens [plural]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From even (“evening”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|even||evening}} even (“evening”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} een (plural eens)
  1. (poetic or dialectal, Scotland) evening. Tags: Scotland, dialectal, poetic Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms: eve, eventide, forenight, evening
    Sense id: en-een-en-noun-RGPVJd8D Disambiguation of Times of day: 21 18 61 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 35 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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