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noun
- (context, archaic, or, poetic) evening, Evening.
verb
- To make flat and level.
- We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
adjective
- Flat and level.
- Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
- Without great variation.
- Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size etc.
- The distribution of food must be even.
- (arithmetic) (no comparative or superlative) Leaving no remainder when divided by 2.
- Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
adverb (notcomp)
- (context, archaic or rhetorical) exactly, just, fully
- I fulfilled my instructions as I had promised.
- You are leaving tonight? — Even so.
- Implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality
- Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
- Did you make it through the front door?
- That was before I was born.
- Emphasising a comparative
- I was strong before; but now I am stronger.
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