even
adjective
[ ˈiːv(ə)n ]
• flat and smooth.
• "prepare the site, then lay an even bed of mortar"
Similar:
flat,
smooth,
uniform,
featureless,
unbroken,
undamaged,
unwrinkled,
level,
levelled,
plane,
flush,
true,
(as) flat as a pancake,
planar,
homaloidal,
• equal in number, amount, or value.
• "an even gender balance among staff and students"
Similar:
tied,
drawn,
all square,
balanced,
on a par,
on an equal footing,
neck and neck,
nip and tuck,
level,
level pegging,
even-steven(s),
• (of a number, such as 2, 6, or 108) divisible by two without a remainder.
• "a meter that reads only in even numbers"
even
verb
• make or become even.
• "she cut the hair again to even up the ends"
Similar:
flatten,
make flat,
make level,
level,
level off,
level out,
smooth,
smooth out,
smooth off,
make flush,
plane,
make uniform,
make regular,
equalize,
make equal,
make even,
level up,
make the same,
balance,
square,
make comparable,
standardize,
regularize,
equilibrize,
even
adverb
• used to emphasize something surprising or extreme.
• "they have never even heard of the United States"
Origin:
Old English efen (adjective), efne (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch even, effen and German eben .
even
noun
• the end of the day; evening.
• "bring it to my house this even"
Origin:
Old English ǣfen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch avont and German Abend .
Even
noun
• a member of an indigenous people living in the Kamchatka peninsula of eastern Siberia.
• the language of the Even, a Tungusic language with about 6,000 speakers, closely related to Evenki.
Even
adjective
• relating to the Even or their language.
