"even if" meaning in English

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Conjunction

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  1. Regardless of whether; irrespective of (something happening or being the case). Translations (irrespective of): edhe nëse (Albanian), εἴπερ (eíper) (Ancient Greek), dawa (Bikol Central), fins i tot si (Catalan), 即便 (zik¹ bin⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 就算 (zau⁶ syun³) (Chinese Cantonese), 即使 (jíshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 即便 (jíbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 就是……也…… (jiùshì ... yě ...) (Chinese Mandarin), 就是……還…… (Chinese Mandarin), 就是……还…… (jiùshì ... hái ...) (Chinese Mandarin), 哪怕 (nǎpà) (Chinese Mandarin), 就算 (jiùsuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), eĉ se (Esperanto), vaikka (Finnish), vaikkakin (Finnish), même si (French), რომც (romc) (Georgian), რომც კი (romc ḳi) (Georgian), თუნდ (tund) (Georgian), თუნდაც (tundac) (Georgian), კიდევაც (ḳidevac) (Georgian), მაშინაც კი (mašinac ḳi) (Georgian), selbst wenn (German), ακόμα και αν (akóma kai an) (Greek), גם אם (gam im) (Hebrew), אפילו אם (afílu im) (Hebrew), még ha (Hungarian), hot i (Ingrian), vaikko (Ingrian), anche se (Italian), 縦え (tatoe) (Japanese), 縦しんば (yoshimba) (Japanese), etsī (Latin), etiamsī (Latin), tametsī (Latin), mazannel (Nahuatl), olay no (Northern Kankanay), selv om (Norwegian), niezależnie od (kogoś/czegoś) (Polish), bez względu na (kogoś/coś) (Polish), nawet jeśli (Polish), mesmo se (Portuguese), chiar dacă (Romanian), да́же е́сли (dáže jésli) (Russian), aunque (Spanish), incluso si (Spanish), även om (Swedish), oavsett (Swedish), kahit na (Tagalog), cho dù (Vietnamese), 末……也…… (Wu Chinese), 再……也…… (Wu Chinese), (⁵tsu) (Wu Chinese), (Wu Chinese), (Wu Chinese), 即使……也…… (Wu Chinese), 就算 (Wu Chinese), 就是 (Wu Chinese), 哪怕 (Wu Chinese), 也怕 (¹a-pho) (Wu Chinese)
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  2. Even though.
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
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          "word": "edhe nëse"
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          "word": "dawa"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "fins i tot si"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zik¹ bin⁶",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "即便"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zau⁶ syun³",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "就算"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jíshǐ",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "即使"
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          "roman": "jíbiàn",
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          "roman": "jiùshì ... yě ...",
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          "word": "就是……也……"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "就是……還……"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "jiùshì ... hái ...",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "就是……还……"
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          "roman": "nǎpà",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "哪怕"
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          "roman": "jiùsuàn",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "就算"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "末……也……"
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          "code": "wuu",
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          "sense": "irrespective of",
          "word": "再……也……"
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          "word": "做"
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          "word": "纵"
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          "word": "რომც"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ka",
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          "word": "რომც კი"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "word": "თუნდ"
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          "word": "縦え"
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          "word": "縦しんば"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "sense": "irrespective of",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "word": "edhe nëse"
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      "word": "fins i tot si"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "即便"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "就算"
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      "word": "即使"
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      "word": "就是……也……"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "就是……還……"
    },
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      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "就是……还……"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǎpà",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "哪怕"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiùsuàn",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "就算"
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      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "末……也……"
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      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "再……也……"
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      "word": "做"
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      "word": "縱"
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      "word": "纵"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "afílu im",
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      "word": "אפילו אם"
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      "sense": "irrespective of",
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
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      "word": "vaikko"
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      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "anche se"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tatoe",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "縦え"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yoshimba",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "縦しんば"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "etsī"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "etiamsī"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "tametsī"
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    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "mazannel"
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    {
      "code": "xnn",
      "lang": "Northern Kankanay",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "olay no"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "selv om"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "niezależnie od (kogoś/czegoś)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "bez względu na (kogoś/coś)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "nawet jeśli"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "mesmo se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "chiar dacă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dáže jésli",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "да́же е́сли"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "aunque"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "incluso si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "även om"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "oavsett"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "kahit na"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "cho dù"
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}

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