1. To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
   "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even more interesting problem";
   - yet, still
    
2. Used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
   "I don't have even a dollar!"; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"
    
3. In spite of; notwithstanding
   "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
    
4. To the full extent
   "loyal even unto death"

1. 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
    
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)
   "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"; "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"
    
3. Symmetrically arranged
   "even features";
   - regular
    
4. Divisible by two
   "Four is an even number"
    
5. Occurring at fixed intervals
   "the even rhythm of his breathing";
   - regular
    
6. Having equal scores in a contest
   "the score is even";
   - tied, level

1. Make level or straight
   "even out the ground";
   - flush, level, even out
    
2. Make even or more even
   "They evened the playing field by implementing new rules"; "The carpenter evened out the rough surface of the wood";
   - even out
    
3. Become even or more even
   "even out the surface";
   - even out

1. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
   "We often take walks in the even to enjoy the sunset";
   - evening, eve, eventide [archaic]

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

See also: equal, even out, 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