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evne homograph 1

noun masculine or femininesubstantiv hankjønn eller hunkjønn

ability · aptitude

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt efni, samme opprinnelse som emne (I)a topic, a subject · a material, a piece to make something from · a promising candidate; beslektet med øveto practise · to rehearse · to exert Old Norse efni, same origin as emne (I)a topic, a subject · a material, a piece to make something from · a promising candidate; related to øveto practise · to rehearse · to exert

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. egenskap til å greie noe;
    kapasitet (1)capacity, kraft (I, 9)power
    quality of being able to manage something;
    capacitykapasitet (1), powerkraft (I, 9)
    • ha liten evne til noe to have little aptitude for something
    • ha intellektuelle evner to have intellectual abilities
    • ha evnen til å omstille seg to have the ability to adapt
    • hun har en egen evne til å få folk til å trives she has a real knack for making people feel at ease
    • han har verken evne eller vilje til å gjøre det he has neither the ability nor the will to do it
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som arbeidsevnecapacity for work, ability to work, bæreevneload-bearing capacity, load capacity · viability, lasteevnecargo capacity, carrying capacity, load capacity, yteevneperformance, capacity
  2. i flertall: medfødte anlegg in the plural: innate aptitudes
    • evner og anlegg abilities and aptitudes
    • eleven har gode evner the pupil is very able

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

etter evne så godt en kan as well as one can Eng. phraseto the best of one's ability
  • her må alle yte etter evne everyone here must contribute what they can
  • handle etter beste evne to act to the best of one's ability
  • etter fattig evne to the best of my humble ability
over evne mer enn en (normalt) greier more than one (normally) manages Eng. phrasebeyond one's ability
  • han presterte over evne i løpet he surpassed himself in the race
  • de lever over evne they live beyond their means