even

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Flat and level.

   • Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
2. 2

   Without great variation.

   • Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
3. 3

   Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

   • The distribution of food must be even.
   • Call it even.
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   1. 4

      Of an integer, divisible by two.

      • Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
   2. 5

      Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to

      Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

   3. 6

      On equal monetary terms

      On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.

   4. 7

      On equal terms of a moral sort

      On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.

      • You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.
   5. 8

      Parallel

      Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

      • And shall lay thee even with the ground.
   6. 9

      Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish

      Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.

      • I know my life so even.
   7. 10

      Associate

      Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

      • His even servant.
   8. 11

      To make flat and level.

      • We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
      • This temple Xerxes evened with the soil.
      • [...] It will now be good to Beat, Roll, and Mow Carpet-walks, and Cammomile; for now the ground is ſupple, and it will even all inequalities: [...]
   9. 12

      To equal or equate

      To equal or equate; to make the same.

      • The Engliſh Earl [William Longespée the Younger], though he ſtood on the lower ground in point of birth, yet conceived himſelf to even him [Robert I, Count of Artois] in valour and martiall knowledge.
   10. 13

       To be equal.

       • Thrice nine evens twenty seven.
       • A redoubled numbering never eveneth with the first.
   11. 14

       To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on…

       To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.

       • We need to even the score.
       • Madam, the care I have had to even your content I wish might be found in the calendar of my past endeavours, for then we wound our modesty, and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.
   12. 15

       To set right

       To set right; to complete.

   13. 16

       To act up to

       To act up to; to keep pace with.

       • Prithee away, There's more to be considered: but we'll even All that good time will give us.
   14. 17

       Exactly

       Exactly; just; fully.

       • I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised.
       • You are leaving tonight? — Even so.
       • This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
   15. 18

       In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).

       • Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
       • Did you even make it through the front door?
       • That was before I was even born.
   16. 19

       Used to emphasise a comparative.

       • I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.
   17. 20

       Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.

       • Bob is taller than Alice, but Cameron is even taller than Bob.
   18. 21

       Rather

       Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).

       • My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.
   19. 22

       An even number.

       • So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
   20. 23

       Evening.

       • We'll meet at even, when the sun is set.
       • Whẽ the evẽ was come they bꝛought vnto hĩ many that were poſſeſſed with devyllꝭ / […]
       • When ſparkling ſtars twire not thou guil'ſt th' eauen.
   21. 24

       A Tungusic language spoken by the Evens in Siberia and the Russian Far East.

   22. 25

       An ethnic Even

       An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people living in Siberia and the Russian Far East.

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• synonymlevel
• synonymuniform
• synonymsmooth
• synonymmonotone
• synonymsteady
• synonymon par
• synonymequal
• synonymquitson equal moral terms
• synonymsquareon equal moral terms
• synonymmatchto equal
• synonymprecisely
• synonymexactly
• antonymunevenantonym(s) of “flat and level”
• antonymoddantonym(s) of “divisible by two”