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Adjective
  • of the score in a contest
    • the score is tied
  • occurring at fixed intervals
    • a regular beat
    • the even rhythm of his breathing
  • symmetrically arranged
    • even features
    • regular features
    • a regular polygon
  • 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
  • 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
  • divisible by two
Noun
  • the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
    • he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Adverb
  • to the full extent
    • loyal even unto death
  • 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
  • in spite of; notwithstanding
    • even when he is sick, he works
    • even with his head start she caught up with him
  • 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!
Verb
  • make even or more even
  • become even or more even
    • even out the surface
  • make level or straight
    • level the ground
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