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even



I - noun
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Syn:
evening, eve, eventide
Hypernyms:
day, daytime, daylight
Hyponyms:
guest night
Part Meronyms:
sunset, sundown, twilight, dusk, gloaming,
gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle

II - verb
1. make level or straight
- level the ground
Syn:
flush, level, even out
Derivationally related forms:
level (for: level), leveller (for: level), leveler (for: level)
Hypernyms:
change surface
Hyponyms:
grade, strickle, strike
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. become even or more even
- even out the surface
Syn:
even out
Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. make even or more even
Syn:
even out
See Also:
even out, even off, even up
Hypernyms:
regularize, regularise
Cause:
even out
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

III - adjective
1. divisible by two (Freq. 4)
Ant:
odd
2. equal in degree or extent or amount;
or equally matched or balanced (Freq. 3)
- even amounts of butter and sugar
- on even terms
- it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split
- had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance
- an even fight
Syn:
fifty-fifty
Similar to:
equal
Derivationally related forms:
evenness
3. 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) (Freq. 2)
- an even application of varnish
- an even floor
- the road was not very even
- the picture is even with the window
Ant:
uneven
Similar to:
flat, level, plane, flatbottom, flatbottomed,
flush, justified, lap-jointed, straight-grained, true, straight
See Also:
smooth, steady
Derivationally related forms:
evenness
Attrubites:
evenness, invariability
4. symmetrically arranged
- even features
- regular features
- a regular polygon
Syn:
regular
Similar to:
symmetrical, symmetric
Derivationally related forms:
regularity (for: regular), evenness
5. occurring at fixed intervals
- a regular beat
- the even rhythm of his breathing
Syn:
regular
Similar to:
steady
Derivationally related forms:
regularity (for: regular), evenness
6. of the score in a contest
- the score is tied
Syn:
tied, level
Similar to:
equal
Derivationally related forms:
evenness

IV - adverb
1. used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected (Freq. 394)
- even an idiot knows that
- declined even to consider the idea
- I don't have even a dollar!
2. in spite of;
notwithstanding (Freq. 13)
- 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 (Freq. 6)
- looked sick and felt even worse
- an even (or still) more interesting problem
- still another problem must be solved
- a yet sadder tale
Syn:
yet, still
4. to the full extent
- loyal even unto death

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