Meaning of even in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• (diminutive) An even number.

  Example: So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.

verb

• To make flat and level.

  Example: We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.

• To equal.

• To be equal.

  Example: Thrice nine evens twenty seven.

• 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.

  Example: We need to even the score.

• To set right; to complete.

• To act up to; to keep pace with.

adjective

• Flat and level.

  Example: Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.

• Without great variation.

  Example: Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.

• Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

  Example: Call it even.

• (of an integer) Divisible by two.

  Example: Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.

• (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

• On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.

• On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.

  Example: You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.

• Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

• Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.

• Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

adverb

• Exactly, just, fully.

  Example: I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised.

• In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

  Example: Did you even make it through the front door?

• Emphasizing a comparative.

  Example: I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.

• Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.

  Example: My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.

noun

• Evening.