Dictionary entries for 'even'

Synonyms

e·ven¹ (ḗvən)

[Middle English, from Old English efen.]

adjective

1. Having a horizontal surface; flat: an even floor.
2. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations; smooth. See synonyms at level
3. Being in the same plane or line; parallel: The picture is even with the window.
1. Having no variations or fluctuations; uniform: the even rhythm of his breathing.
2. Of uniform distribution: an even application of varnish.
3. Placid; calm: an even temperament.
1. Equal or identical in degree, extent, or amount: Use even amounts of butter and sugar.
2. Equally matched or balanced: an even fight.
3. Just; fair: an even bargain.
4. Having nothing due on either side; square: If we each take half, then we'll be even.
5. Having exacted full revenge.
Having equal probability; as likely as not: an even chance of winning.
Sports
1. Having an equal score: The teams are even at halftime.
2. Being equal for each opponent. Used of a score.
Mathematics
1. Exactly divisible by 2.
2. Characterized or indicated by a number exactly divisible by 2.
1. Having an even number in a sequence.
2. Having an even number of members.
Having an exact amount, extent, or number; precise: an even pound; an even foot.

1. To a greater degree or extent. Used as an intensive with comparative adjectives and adverbs: Looked sick and felt even worse.
2. Indeed; moreover. Used as an intensive: He was depressed, even suicidal. Even a child knows better.
3. Used as an intensive to indicate something that is unexpected: declined even to consider the idea.
At the same time as; already; just: Even as we watched, the building collapsed.
To a degree that extends; fully: loyal even unto death.
Exactly; precisely: It was even as he said: the jewel was gone.

on an even keel: In a stable or unimpaired state: “There was good reason to keep relations with Washington on an even keel” (Helen Kitchen)

e·ven² (ḗvən)

[Middle English, from Old English ǣfen.]

Archaic