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even as we speak

even as we speak adverb: right at the moment, right now, contemporaneously.

Adverb

even as we speak (not comparable)

  1. Right at the moment, right now, contemporaneously.
    • By the way, Sam Gumple, the town beau, hates Ned Holland with a deadly hatred, which logically proves him jealous; and, even as we speak, behold the cause!1872 April 1, Julian Hawthorne, “The Mullenville Mystery”, in Scribner’s Monthly, volume 3, number 6, page 687
    • At 11 p.m. the man checking names at the door of the Village Vanguard, the New York City jazz club where Miles played, where Monk played, says Jesus hasn’t arrived but his plane “is touching down even as we speak.”1998 June 22, Christopher Farley et al., “Viva La Musica Cubana!”, in Time

Questions about even as we speak

What does even as we speak mean?
Even as we speak means right at the moment, right now, contemporaneously.
What part of speech is even as we speak?
Even as we speak is an adverb.

Words near even as we speak in the dictionary

  1. even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while
  2. even a broken clock is right twice a day
  3. even a stopped clock is right twice a day
  4. even a worm will turn
  5. even as
  6. even as we speak
  7. even chance
  8. even chances
  9. even christian
  10. even function
  11. even functions

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