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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
even
adv 1: 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: in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he
works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
3: 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" [syn: even, yet, still]
4: to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
adj 1: divisible by two [ant: odd, uneven]
2: 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" [syn: even,
fifty-fifty]
3: 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" [ant:
uneven]
4: symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features";
"a regular polygon" [syn: even, regular]
5: occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even
rhythm of his breathing" [syn: even, regular]
6: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn:
tied(p), even, level(p)]
n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing
daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed
the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve,
even, eventide]
v 1: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: flush,
level, even out, even]
2: become even or more even; "even out the surface" [syn:
even, even out]
3: make even or more even [syn: even, even out]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Even \E"ven\ ([=e]v"'n) n. [OE. eve, even, efen, [ae]fen. AS.
[=ae]fen; akin to OS. [=a]band, OFries, [=a]vend, D. avond,
OHG. [=a]band, Icel. aptan, Sw. afton, Dan. aften; of unknown
origin. Cf. Eve, Evening.]
Evening. See Eve, n. 1. [Poetic.] --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Even \E"ven\, a. [AS. efen. efn; akin to OS. eban, D. even, OHG.
eban, G. efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Sw. j[aum]mn, Goth.
ibns. Cf. Anent, Ebb.]
1. 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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2. Equable; not easily ruffled or disturbed; calm; uniformly
self-possessed; as, an even temper.
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3. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
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And shall lay thee even with the ground. --Luke xix.
44.
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4. Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to
both sides; owing nothing on either side; -- said of
accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts
are even; an even bargain.
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To make the even truth in pleasure flow. --Shak.
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5. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. "I know
my life so even." --Shak.
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6. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. [Obs.] "His even
servant." --Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 29).
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7. Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder;
-- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.
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Whether the number of the stars is even or odd.
--Jer. Taylor.
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On even ground, with equal advantage.
On even keel (Naut.), in a level or horizontal position.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Even \E"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Evening]
1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
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His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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It will even all inequalities --Evelyn.
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2. To equal. [Obs.] "To even him in valor." --Fuller.
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3. 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; to make equal; as, to even the
score. --Shak.
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4. To set right; to complete.
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5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --Shak.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Even \E"ven\, v. i.
To be equal. [Obs.] --R. Carew.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Even \E"ven\, adv. [AS. efne. See Even, a., and cf. E'en.]
1. In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally;
precisely; just; likewise; as well. "Is it even so?"
--Shak.
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Even so did these Gauls possess the coast.
--Spenser.
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2. Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much
as; fully; quite.
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Thou wast a soldier
Even to Cato's wish. --Shak.
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Without . . . making us even sensible of the change.
--Swift.
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3. As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is
unexpected or less expected.
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I have made several discoveries, which appear new,
even to those who are versed in critical learning.
--Addison.
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4. At the very time; in the very case.
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I knew they were bad enough to please, even when I
wrote them. --Dryden.
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Note: Even is sometimes used to emphasize a word or phrase.
"I have debated even in my soul." --Shak.
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By these presence, even the presence of Lord
Mortimer. --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for even:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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nondivergent, nonetheless, nonpartisan, normalize, notwithstanding, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, of a piece, oil, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on even ground, on the fence, on the level, ordered, orderly, ordinal, oscillatory, pacify, pair, pancake, par, parallel, parallelepipedal, parallelinervate, paralleling, parallelodrome, parallelogrammatic, parallelogrammic, parallelotropic, particularly, passive, peaceful, peculiarly, periodical, permutable, persistent, pinpoint, placid, plain, plane, planish, plaster, plumb, point-blank, poise, positive, positively, possible, pour balm into, precise, precisely, predominantly, primarily, prime, principally, proper, proportion, proportionate, proportioned, pulsing, quell, quiet, quite, quits, radical, rase, rather, rational, raze, reach, real, really, reciprocal, reciprocally, reciprocate, reciprocating, reciprocative, rectilineal, rectilinear, recurrent, recurring, refined, regular, regularize, regulate, religious, religiously exact, repay, reposeful, requite, rest, retaliate, retaliatory, returnable, rhythmic, rhythmical, right, right and proper, rightful, rigid, rigidly, rigorous, rigorously, rival, robotlike, rock, rock to sleep, roll, roll flat, rolled, rotary, round, ruler-straight, run abreast, run to, same, scientific, scientifically exact, seasonal, sedate, self-possessed, serene, serial, set, settle, severe, shave, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, smooth over, smooth-shaven, smoothed out, smoothen, smoothened, sober, soothe, square, squarely, squashed, squashed flat, stabile, stabilize, stable, stack up with, staid, stalemated, standard, standardize, steadfast, steady, steamroll, steamroller, stereotype, still, still more, straight, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, straightforward, streamlined, strict, strictly, strike a balance, suave, subdue, submultiple, subtle, surd, swapped, switched, symmetric, symmetrize, systematic, tabloid, tabular, temperate, the same, third-force, third-world, though, tie, tied, to the letter, touch, traded, tranquil, tranquilize, transcendental, transposed, trodden, trodden flat, true, truly, turn about, unbending, unbent, unbiased, unbowed, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, uncommitted, uncurved, undeflected, undeviating, undeviatingly, undifferentiated, undistorted, undisturbed, undiversified, undulant, undulatory, unerring, unerringly, uniform, uniform with, uniformize, uninterrupted, uninvolved, unprejudiced, unrough, unroughened, unruffled, unswerving, unturned, unvaried, unvarying, upright, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, verily, vertical, warrantable, warranted, wavelike, well-balanced, well-set, well-set-up, wheeling, when, word by word, word for word, yea, yet |
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Common Misspellings > |
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