Evans

Definitions: Evans

Evans

Noun

1. United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971).

2. British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941).

Date "Evans" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Synonyms: Evans

Synonyms: Arthur Evans (n), Herbert McLean Evans (n), Sir Arthur John Evans (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Evans

English words defined with "Evans": Arthur Evans ♦ Charles Evans Hughes ♦ Herbert McLean Evans ♦ Mary Ann Evans ♦ Sir Arthur John Evans. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Evans": Design System language ♦ Evans acuity test, Evans Blue, Evans-Allen funds ♦ Ivan Sutherland ♦ Pedagogic Algorithmic Language. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I don't have to ask who hung this picture up here, Michael Evans, but before I hang you in its place, why? (Good Times; writing credit: Humbert Bianchi; Pierre Cholodenko) Isabel Evans and Alex Charles Whitman out on a date? (Roswell; writing credit: Ronald D. Moore; Gretchen J. Berg)
Movie/TV Titles	The Confessions of Marian Evans (1969) Thank Evans (1938) Educated Evans (1936) The Mantle of Red Evans (1912) Walker Evans (2000)
Song Titles	Happy-Go-Lucky Me (performing artist: Paul Evans) Midnite Special (performing artist: Paul Evans) I'll Be Missing You (performing artist: Puff Daddy & Faith Evans with 112) Heartbreak Hotel (performing artist: Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price) In the Year 2525 (performing artist: Zager and Evans)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Evans & Tate Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Evans Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Evans Deakin Industries Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Evans Systems, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Evans Above (reference) The Evans Guide for Housetraining Your Dog (reference) The Letter (Christmas Box/Richard Paul Evans) (reference) Walker Evans (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Evans Market Update (reference) Evans Novak Political Report (reference) Sanford Evans Gold Book Of Used Car Prices (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Bach - Mass in B minor / Argenta, Nichols, Chance, Stafford, Milner, W. Evans, Gardiner (reference) Re: Bill Evans (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Earnest Evans (reference) Evans & Sutherland Graphics Accel Galaxy AGP 31MB High End/Open Gl Accelerator (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	"Seals basking on newly formed pancake ice off Cape Evans." In: "Scott's Last Expedition ....", 1913. Dodd, Mead, and Company. New York. Volume I. Page 106.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Memorial to Robert Falcon Scott at Cape Evans.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	The Scott shelter at Cape Evans - He departed from this shelter on his fatal trip to the South Pole.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Boxes of Colman flour preserved since 1911 at Scott shelter at Cape Evans.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Shoreline near Cape Evans. 77 38 S Latitude 166 24 E Longitude.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		NRCS employees Mitch Cummings and Joe Evans with landowner discussing plantings along the Trask River, Tillamook Oregon.Credit: Gary Wilson.
	Conservation planning with NRCS employees Mitch Cummings and Joe Evans and landowner along Trask River, Oregon.Credit: Gary Wilson.		Vanilla Leaf (Achlys triphylla) along East Evans Creek.Credit: Terry Tuttle.
	Red Henbit or Red Dead Nettle (Laminum purpureum) found along Antioch Road near Evans Creek.Credit: Terry Tuttle.		President Reagan speaking at a rally for Senator Durenberger By Michael Evans, February 8, 1982.Credit: Ronald Reagan Library, National Archives and Records Administration.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
A.b. Evans	Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
Augusta Jane Evans	Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.
Charles Evans Hughes	When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
Richard L. Evans	Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Evans, A.S., and Brachman, P.S., Eds., 3rd edition. (references)
		Rosenstein N, Levine O, Taylor J, Evans D, Plikaytis B, Wenger J, Perkins B. Efficiency of meningococcal vaccine and barriers to vaccination. (references)
Political Rights	Ghana	In the first round of the presidential elections, John Agyekum Kufuor of the NPP garnered 48.2 percent of the votes, followed by Vice President John Evans Atta Mills with 44.5 percent. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Al Hunt	Mr. Secretary, we are going to take a break right now. But when we come back, we will ask Commerce Secretary Don Evans if he thinks SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt is back in trouble.
Mark Shields	We have to take a break, but when we come back we'll ask Secretary of Commerce Don Evans if trade negotiation authority is essential for the U.S. economy.
Robert Novak	Al, for many years my late partner Rowland Evans would comment at this time on Art Buchwald. And let's listen to what Rowlie said about Art just a year ago.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Evans" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.23% of the time. "Evans" is used about 1,862 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	98.23%	1,829	4,641
Noun (plural)	1.77%	33	60,273
Total	100.00%	1,862	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Evans" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Evans	Last name	141,000	48
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name	Country	Name
Australia	Evans & Tate Ltd	USA	Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
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1. Evans, CO (city, FIPS 25280)
Location: 40.37787 N, 104.69680 W
Population (1990): 5877 (2283 housing units)
Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 80620
Country: USA

2. Evans, GA (CDP, FIPS 28044)
Location: 33.51380 N, 82.14546 W
Population (1990): 13713 (4795 housing units)
Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 30809
Country: USA

3. Evans, LA
Zip Code(s): 70639
Country: USA

4. Evans, WA
Zip Code(s): 99126
Country: USA

5. Evans, WV
Zip Code(s): 25241
Country: USA

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Expressions: Evans

Expressions using "Evans": Arthur Evans ♦ Charles Evans Hughes ♦ Evans acuity test ♦ Evans Blue ♦ Evans City ♦ Evans clean flow tunnel ♦ Evans County ♦ Evans Mills ♦ Herbert McLean Evans ♦ Mary Ann Evans ♦ Sir Arthur John Evans. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Evans": Evans-clarke, Evans-halshaw, Evans-kerfoot, Evans-lombe, Evans-pritchard, Evans-turner.
	Ending with "Evans": Ellis-evans, Jones-evans, Roose-evans.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Evans

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
faith evans	1,089	candy evans	83
sara evans	1,065	evans ga	77
amber evans	877	marcus evans	76
bob evans	526	janet evans	73
evans	357	dale evans	73
sophie evans	356	evans mount	72
ashley evans	340	tiffany evans	68
linda evans	324	evans faith lyrics	68
tony evans	253	darrell evans	65
bob evans restaurant	248	bob evans farm	64
brittany evans	208	evans tire	59
chris evans	179	walker evans	58
evans lyrics sara	171	mike evans	57
bill evans	144	evans drumheads	57
robert evans	141	evans city pa	56
alana evans	126	evans mt	56
sarah evans	119	lee evans	55
evans furniture	117	evans faith i love lyrics	55
candie evans	102	philip evans	54
evans keisha	99	eric evans	54
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Evans

Language		Translations for "Evans"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Evans'væksthormonprøve (Evans somatotropic hormone test), Evans'synsprøve (Evans acuity test, Evans'test), Evans'syndrom (Evans syndrome), Evans'regel (Evans infusion rule), Evans'ratio (Evans quotient), Evans'plastik (Evans plastic operation), Evans'operation (Evans operation), Evans'mesotheliom (Evans mesothelioma), Evans-Hoch's prøve (Evans-Hoch test), Evans-Burr-enhed (Evans-Burr unit), Evans vindtunnel (Evans clean flow tunnel), Evan's desinfektion (Evans disinfection). (various references)

Dutch		windtunnel volgens Evans (Evans clean flow tunnel), operatie van Evans (Evans operation). (various references)

Finnish		Evansin tuulitunneli (Evans clean flow tunnel). (various references)

French		unité d'Evans-Burr (Evans-Burr unit), test d'Evans-Hoch (Evans-Hoch test), test d'Evans (Evans somatotropic hormone test), syndrome d'Evans (Evans syndrome), soufflerie d'Evans � écoulement constant (Evans clean flow tunnel), règle d'Evans (Evans infusion rule), quotient d'Evans (Evans quotient), plastie d'Evans (Evans plastic operation), opération d'Evans (Evans operation), mésothéliome d'Evans (Evans mesothelioma), diagramme d'Evans (Evans diagram), désinfection d'Evans (Evans disinfection), épreuve visuelle d'Evans (Evans acuity test, Evans'test). (various references)

German		Evans-Hoch-Test (Evans-Hoch test), Evans-Diagramm (Evans diagram), Evans-Burr Einheit (Evans-Burr unit), Evans Wachstumstest (Evans somatotropic hormone test), Evans Test (Evans acuity test, Evans'test), Evans Syndrom (Evans syndrome), Evans Regel (Evans infusion rule), Evans Quotient (Evans quotient), Evans Plastik (Evans plastic operation), Evans Operation (Evans operation), Evans Mesotheliom (Evans mesothelioma), Evans Desinfektion (Evans disinfection), Fisher-Evans Syndrom (Evans syndrome). (various references)

Greek		κανόνας του Evans (Evans infusion rule), σύνδρομο του Evans (Evans syndrome), μεσοθηλίωμα του Evans (Evans mesothelioma), μονάδα Evans-Burr (Evans-Burr unit), πηλίκο του Evans (Evans quotient), πλαστική εγχείρηση του Evans (Evans plastic operation), εγχείρηση του Evans (Evans operation), απολύμανση κατά Evans (Evans disinfection), δοκιμασία του Evans (Evans somatotropic hormone test), δοκιμασία οπτικής οξύτητας του Evans (Evans acuity test, Evans'test), δοκιμασία Evans-Hoch (Evans-Hoch test). (various references)

Italian		tunnel a corrente pulita di Evans (Evans clean flow tunnel), sindrome di Fisher-Evans (Evans syndrome), quoziente di Evans (Evans quotient), porpora trombocitopenica cronica primitiva associata ad anemia emolitica autoimmune;talvolta è presente modica leucopenia;è costante la presenza di autoanticorpi antipiastrine (Evans syndrome), mesotelioma di Evans (Evans mesothelioma), diagramma di Evans (Evans diagram). (various references)

Pig Latin		evansay

Portuguese		ECT (Evans clean flow tunnel), regra de Evans (Evans infusion rule), diagrama de Evans (Evans diagram), mesotelioma de Evans (Evans mesothelioma), operação de Evans (Evans operation), operação plástica de Evans (Evans plastic operation), desinfecção de Evans (Evans disinfection), quociente de Evans (Evans quotient), unidade de Evans-Burr (Evans-Burr unit), regra de infusão de Evans (Evans infusion rule), síndrome de Evans (Evans syndrome), túnel de Evans (Evans clean flow tunnel), teste de Evans (Evans acuity test, Evans somatotropic hormone test, Evans'test), teste de Evans-Hoch (Evans-Hoch test), teste visual de Evans (Evans acuity test, Evans'test), plastia de Evans (Evans plastic operation). (various references)

Spanish		unidad de Evans-Burr (Evans-Burr unit), túnel de corriente limpia de Evans (Evans clean flow tunnel), síndrome de Evans (Evans syndrome), reparación plástica de Evans (Evans plastic operation), regla de Evans (Evans infusion rule), prueba de la hormona somatotrópica de Evans (Evans somatotropic hormone test), prueba de la agudeza visual de Evans (Evans acuity test, Evans'test), prueba de Evans-Hoch (Evans-Hoch test), operación de Evans (Evans operation), mesotelioma de Evans (Evans mesothelioma), diagrama de Evans (Evans diagram), desinfección de Evans (Evans disinfection), cociente de Evans (Evans quotient). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Evans

Misspellings
	"Evans" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avanzo, Bevans, Egans, enans, evane, Evani, Evante, Evinos, Evns, Ezana, Ivins, Jeevons, Jevans, Nevanas. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Evans

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: avens, naves, vanes.
	Words within the letters "a-e-n-s-v"
	-1 letter: anes, aves, nave, sane, save, vane, vans, vase, vena.
	-2 letters: ane, ave, ens, nae, sae, sea, sen, van, vas.
	-3 letters: ae, an, as, en, es, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-n-s-v"
	+1 letter: davens, ganevs, havens, knaves, mavens, naevus, naives, navels, navies, ravens, savine, shaven, veenas, vegans.
	+2 letters: advents, alevins, avenges, avenses, avenues, caverns, cravens, enslave, evanish, evasion, genevas, heavens, invades, leavens, levants, naivest, natives, navvies, novenas, pavanes, ravines, savines, servant, taverns, unsaved, vahines, vainest, valines, vanners, versant, vinasse.
	+3 letters: advances, avengers, aversion, avidness, canvased, canvaser, canvases, centavos, concaves, deviants, dogvanes, enclaves, engraves, enravish, enslaved, enslaver, enslaves, envisage, evanesce, evangels, evasions, flavines, flavones, invaders, invasive, inweaves, javelins, juvenals, klaverns, leavings, naivetes, navettes, novellas, ovalness, overmans, parvenus, ravelins, raveners, ravenous, reshaven, sanative, scavenge, servants, sheaving, sleaving, spavined, tavernas, tsarevna, unravels, unshaved, unshaven, unweaves, vaccines, vainness, valances, valences, vandykes, vanished, vanisher, vanishes, vanities, vantages, varments, vastness, vaunters, veganism, vendaces, ventages, ventails, ventrals, verandas, verbenas, versants, verseman, vervains, vesicant, vesuvian, veterans, vinasses, vinegars, vintages, waviness.
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