KEEP AN EVEN KEEL

Meaning of KEEP AN EVEN KEEL in English

be steady, be calm and sensible

Customer Service needs people who can keep an even keel.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

KEEP AN EVEN KEEL — be steady, be calm and sensible Customer Service needs people who can keep an even keel.
English Idioms vocab
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEL — I. ˈkēl, esp before pause or consonant -ēəl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVEN — I. ˈēvən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen; akin to Old Frisian ēvend …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEL — (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Английский словарь Webster
KEEL — (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Английский словарь Webster
KEEL — (n.) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
KEEL — ( v. i. ) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEL — ( v. i. ) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEL — ( n. ) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEL — keel 1 — keeled , adj. /keel/ , n. 1. Naut. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVEN — even 1 — evener , n. — evenly , adv. — evenness , n. /ee"veuhn/ , adj. 1. level; flat; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EVEN — I. ˈē-vən noun Etymology: Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen Date: before 12th century archaic : evening II. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
KEEL — noun fig.: the whole ship. 2. keel ·noun a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. 3. keel ·vi to turn up …
Webster English vocab
EVEN — vi to be equal. 2. even ·noun evening. ·see eve, ·noun 1. 3. even ·vt to equal. 4. even ·vt …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEEL — [keel] vb [ME kelen, fr. OE celan, fr. col cool] (bef. 12c) chiefly dial: cool [2]keel n [ME kele, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVEN — [even] n [ME even, eve, fr. OE aefen] (bef. 12c) archaic: evening [2]even adj [ME, fr. OE efen; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEEL — in shipbuilding, the main structural member and backbone of a ship or boat, running longitudinally along the centre of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEL — / kiːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun the long piece of wood or steel along the bottom of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVEN — / ˈiːvn; NAmE / adverb , adjective , verb ■ adverb 1. used to emphasize sth unexpected or surprising : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEL — I. keel 1 /kiːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: kjölr ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVEN — I. e ‧ ven 1 S1 W1 /ˈiːv ə n/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: efne …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
EVEN — adj., adv., & v. --adj. (evener, evenest) 1 level; flat and smooth. 2 a uniform in quality; constant. b equal …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVEN — adj., adv., & v. adj. (evener, evenest) 1 level; flat and smooth. 2 a uniform in quality; constant. b equal …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
EVEN — 1. adj., adv., & v. --adj. (evener, evenest) 1. level; flat and smooth. 2 a uniform in quality; constant. b …
Oxford English vocab
EVEN — I. DISCOURSE USES /i:v(ə)n/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEL — ( keels, keeling, keeled) 1. The keel of a boat is the long, specially shaped piece of wood or steel …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE even ▪ Confusion seems to reign in many areas of your life at …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVEN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fine day/morning/evening a fun day/evening etc a morning/afternoon/evening shift ▪ All the machines …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVEN — Synonyms and related words : Laodicean, a fortiori, above all, absolutely, accommodate, accordant, adjust, after all, again, albeit, algorismic, algorithmic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVEN — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: level , flat, flush, planate, plane, smooth Contrasted words: bent, crooked, curved, twisted Antonyms: uneven 2. …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEL — n. 25B6; noun the upturned keel of the boat : BASE, bottom (side), underside. 25A0; keel over the boat keeled …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVEN — adj. 25B6; adjective an even surface : FLAT, smooth, uniform, featureless; unbroken, undamaged; level, plane. an even temperature : UNIFORM, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EVEN — adj. 1 smooth, flat, plane, level, regular, uniform, flush, straight, true Sand the edges till they are even 2 Sometimes, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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