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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 more interesting problem";
   - yet, still
    
4. To the full extent
   "loyal even unto death"

1. Divisible by two
    
2. 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"
    
3. Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
   "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a even split"; "had a even chance"; "an even fight";
   - fifty-fifty
    
4. Symmetrically arranged
   "even features";
   - regular
    
5. Occurring at fixed intervals
   "the even rhythm of his breathing";
   - regular
    
6. Of the score in a contest
   "the score is even";
   - tied, level

1. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
   "he enjoyed the even light across the lake";
   - evening, eve, eventide

1. Make level or straight
   "even the ground";
   - flush, level, even out
    
2. Become even or more even
   "even out the surface";
   - even out
    
3. Make even or more even
   - even out

Derived forms: evens, evener, evenest, evened, evening

See also: equal, evenness, flat, flatbottom, flat-bottom, flatbottomed, flat-bottomed, flush, invariability, justified, lap-jointed, level, plane, smooth, steady, straight, straight-grained, symmetric, symmetrical, true

Type of: alter, change, change surface, day, daylight, daytime, modify, regularise [Brit], regularize

Antonym: odd, uneven

Encyclopedia: Even, Pierre