even
IPA: ˈivɪn
noun
- (mathematics, diminutive) An even number.
- (archaic or poetic) Evening.
- A Tungusic language spoken by the Evens in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
- An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people living in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
verb
- (transitive) To make flat and level.
- (transitive, obsolete) To equal or equate; to make the same.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be equal.
- (transitive, obsolete) 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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To set right; to complete.
- (transitive, obsolete) To act up to; to keep pace with.
adjective
- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- (not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
- (obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
adverb
- (archaic) Exactly, just, fully.
- In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
- Emphasizing a comparative.
- Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.
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Examples of "even" in Sentences
- Even the bloodthirsty Texans have never reached that level.
- Many of these can and do interbreed even at the genus level.
- The two are not interchangeable even at the level of grammar.
- It is lively in the evenings, considering the size of the village.
- It's not even the same size or shape of the BIC disposable lighters.
- Depends on the size of the lemons, the variety, even the time of year.
- Even when dealing with the worst of the worst, don't stop to that level.
- Even when dealing with the worst of the worst, don't stoop to that level.
- Asterisms range from the large and obvious to the small, and even telescopic.
- But even those are not inbred to anywhere near the same level as animal breeds.
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