even
Adjective
- Divisible by two (synset 300916501)
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Equal in degree or extent or amount;
Or equally matched or balanced (synset 300894463)"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"similar to: equal - having the same quantity, value, or measure as anothersame as: fifty-fifty -
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) (synset 300912628)"an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"also:tells us about: evenness, invariability - a quality of uniformity and lack of variationsimilar to:- flat, level, plane - having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- flat-bottom, flat-bottomed, flatbottom, flatbottomed - having a flat bottom
- flush - of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
- justified - having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
- lap-jointed - jointed so as to produce a flush surface
- straight-grained - of timber; having fibers that run in parallel
- level - oriented at right angles to the plumb
- straight, true - accurately fitted; level
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Symmetrically arranged (synset 302381088)
"even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon"similar to: symmetric, symmetrical - having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding partssame as: regular
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Occurring at fixed intervals (synset 302309868)
"a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing"similar to: steady - not subject to change or variation especially in behaviorsame as: regular
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Of the score in a contest (synset 300895536)
"the score is tied"similar to: equal - having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
Noun
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The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) (synset 115191509)
"he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"is a type of: day, daylight, daytime - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outsidesubtypes: guest night - an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guestshas:
Adverb
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Used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected (synset 400017907)
"even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!"
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In spite of;
Notwithstanding (synset 400018505)"even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him" -
To a greater degree or extent;
Used with comparisons (synset 400018101)"looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" -
To the full extent (synset 400018651)
"loyal even unto death"
Verb
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Make level or straight (synset 201309802)
"level the ground"is a type of: change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surfacesubtypes:
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Become even or more even (synset 200417805)
"even out the surface"same as: even out
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Make even or more even (synset 200417630)
is a type of: regularise, regularize - make regular or more regularsame as: even out
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