Even
['iːv(ə)n] or ['ivən]
Definition
(verb.) make even or more even.
(verb.) become even or more even; 'even out the surface'.
(adj.) equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; 'even amounts of butter and sugar'; 'on even terms'; 'it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split'; 'had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance'; 'an even fight' .
(adj.) being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); 'an even application of varnish'; 'an even floor'; 'the road was not very even'; 'the picture is even with the window' .
(adj.) divisible by two .
(adj.) occurring at fixed intervals; 'a regular beat'; 'the even rhythm of his breathing' .
(adj.) symmetrically arranged; 'even features'; 'regular features'; 'a regular polygon' .
(adv.) used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; 'even an idiot knows that'; 'declined even to consider the idea'; 'I don't have even a dollar!'.
(adv.) to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; 'looked sick and felt even worse'; 'an even (or still) more interesting problem'; 'still another problem must be solved'; 'a yet sadder tale'.
(adv.) in spite of; notwithstanding; 'even when he is sick, he works'; 'even with his head start she caught up with him'.
(adv.) to the full extent; 'loyal even unto death'.
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Definition
(n.) Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
(a.) Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct.
(a.) Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.
(a.) Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
(a.) Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain.
(a.) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
(a.) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
(a.) Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.
(v. t.) To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
(v. t.) To equal
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To set right; to complete.
(v. t.) To act up to; to keep pace with.
(v. i.) To be equal.
(a.) In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well.
(a.) Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.
(a.) As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.
(a.) At the very time; in the very case.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Evening, eve.
a. [1]. Smooth, level, plane, flat.[2]. Uniform, equable, equal, calm, ruffled, unsteady.[3]. On a level, on the same level.[4]. Fair, just, equitable.[5]. Divisible by two, not odd.
ad. [1]. Exactly, verily, just.[2]. At the very time.[3]. Likewise, in like manner, not only so, but also.[4]. Strange to say.[5]. So much as.
Inputed by Donald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Level, smooth, uniform, equable, plain, flush, well-balanced, equal
ANT:Inclined, abrupt, rugged, variable, uneven
Inputed by Juana
Definition
adj. flat: level: uniform: (Shak.) straightforward: parallel: equal on both sides: not odd able to be divided by 2 without a remainder.—v.t. to make even or smooth: to put on an equality: (Shak.) to act up to.—adv. exactly so: indeed: so much as: still.—n. Ev′en-Chris′tian (obs.) fellow-Christian.—adj. Ev′en-down straight-down (of rain): downright honest.—adv. thoroughly.—adj. Ev′en-hand′ed with an equal fair or impartial hand: just.—adv. Ev′enly.—adj. Ev′en-mind′ed having an even or calm mind: equable.—n. Ev′enness.—Be even with to be revenged on: to be quits with.
n. (poet.) evening: the night before a day of note: the time just preceding a great event.
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Examples
- She had been all sweetness and kindness, always thankful, always gentle, even when Mrs. Clapp lost her own temper and pressed for the rent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It made her blood run sharp, to be thwarted in even so trifling a matter. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The manifest advantage of an even track for the wheels long ago suggested the idea of laying down wood and other hard, smooth surfaces for carriages to run upon. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I see him even now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Heaven and Evening gazed back on her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr Wegg nods to the face, 'Good evening. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I felt I might, without indelicacy, because the evening she dined with us she rather suggested . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Good evening, Mr Venus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But he came regularly every evening and sat without his coat, with his head against the wall, as though he would have helped us if he had known how. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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