EVEN
\ˈiːvən], \ˈiːvən], \ˈiː_v_ə_n]\
Definitions of EVEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
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to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
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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"
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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"
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divisible by two
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become even or more even; "even out the surface"
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symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon"
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of the score in a contest; "the score is tied"
By Princeton University
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in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
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to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
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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"
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divisible by two
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become even or more even; "even out the surface"
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symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To equalize; to make adequate.
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Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
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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.
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Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.
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Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
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Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
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Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
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To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
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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.
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To set right; to complete.
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To act up to; to keep pace with.
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To be equal.
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Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.
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At the very time; in the very case.
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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.
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Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; - said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.
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As might not be expected; - serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.
By Oddity Software
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To equalize; to make adequate.
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Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
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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.
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Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.
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Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
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Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
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Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
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To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
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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.
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To set right; to complete.
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To act up to; to keep pace with.
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To be equal.
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Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.
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At the very time; in the very case.
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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.
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Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; - said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.
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As might not be expected; - serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.
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To equal
By Noah Webster.
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Level; uniform; smooth; parallel; divisible by two without a remainder; equal; balanced; calm; whole.
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Poetically, evening.
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To be equal in any way; to be quits.
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To level or make even; to make equal.
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Verily; precisely; just; quite; as much as.
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Evenly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Evenly.
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To make or become even or level; balance.
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Free from inequalities; level; uniform; equal.
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Divisible by 2 without remainder.
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Evening; eve.
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To a like degree; at the very time; fully; quite; so far as; evenly.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Level; smooth; equal; uniform; parallel to; not leaning; equally favourable; mutually at quits; balanced; capable of being divided into two equal parts without a remainder; opposed to odd.
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Exactly; actually; moreover; so much as, make even, a term used in printing, especially on newspapers, for spacing out the lines so as to make the successive portions set up read straight on.
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To make level; to lay smooth; to balance accounts.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The close of the day; the night before a holy-day, as Christmas eve; time immediately preceding any important action.
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Having a flat or smooth surface; level; not rough; equal; calm; not easily disturbed; balanced or settled; not odd, as a number.
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In like manner or degree; precisely the same; at the very time; so much as; noting an increase, addition, or slight exaggeration.
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To level; to lay smooth; to place in an equal state.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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adv. In an equal or precisely similar manner; likewise; exactly; equally;—at the very time so much as;—indeed; verily.
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Level, not rugged; uniform, smooth; equal on both sides; without any thing owed; calm, not subject to elevation or depression; capable to be divided into equal parts.
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To make even; to make out of debt; to make level.
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A word of strong assertion, verily; supposing that; notwithstanding.
By Thomas Sheridan
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