Even

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1 English

1.1 Adjective

1.1.1 Synonyms
1.1.2 Antonyms
1.1.3 Translations

1.2 Adverb

1.2.1 Translations

1.3 Verb

1.3.1 Synonyms
1.3.2 Translations

1.4 Noun

1.4.1 Synonyms

1.5 Related terms

English

Adjective

Flat and level.
Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
Without great variation; fair.
Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
The distribution of food must be even.
(Mathematics) Evenly divisible by two.
Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.

Synonyms

(1): flat, level, uniform

Antonyms

(1): uneven
(3): odd

Translations

CJK Characters: 齊, 齐
Finnish: parillinen (3)
French: pair (3)
Italian: pari (3)
Swedish: jämn (1,2,3), slät (1), stadig (2) (stadig röst = even voice)
German: gerade (3)

Adverb

At least
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
Did you even make it through the front door?
Used as an intensifier in a context indicating progression.
I didn't even make it through the front door before someone stopped me.
That was before I was even born.

Translations

French: même (1)
Italian: anche (1)
Swedish: även (1), ens (2) (Jag hann inte ens till dörren = I didn't even make it to the door)

Verb

To cause to be even.
We need to even this playing field. The west goal is too low.

Synonyms

flatten
level

Translations

Swedish: jämna, jämna ut, plana ut, platta till

Noun

(archaic) The evening of the day.

Synonyms

e'en (archaic)
evening

Related terms

even-handed
evenly
even out
even so
evensong
even though
not even
uneven

WordNet Definitions

three

1. flush, level, even out, even -- (make level or straight; "level the ground").
2. even, even out -- (become even or more even; "even out the surface").
3. even, even out -- (make even or more even).

six

1. even (vs. odd) -- (divisible by two).
2. even, fifty-fifty -- (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").
3. even (vs. uneven) -- (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").
4. even, regular -- (symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon").
5. even, regular -- (occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing").
6. tied(predicate), even, level(predicate) -- (of the score in a contest; "the score is tied").

four

1. even -- (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!").
2. even -- (in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him").
3. even, yet, still -- (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").
4. even -- (to the full extent; "loyal even unto death").

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