What is the meaning of even?

noun

  • The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall. )
    • usage: "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

verb

  • Make level or straight.
    • usage: "level the ground"
  • Become even or more even.
    • usage: "even out the surface"
  • Make even or more even.

adjective

  • Divisible by two.
  • Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced)
    • usage: "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"
  • 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. )
    • usage: "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"
  • Symmetrically arranged.
    • usage: "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon"
  • Occurring at fixed intervals.
    • usage: "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing"
  • Of the score in a contest.
    • usage: "the score is tied"

adverb

  • Used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected.
    • usage: "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar"
  • In spite of; notwithstanding.
    • usage: "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
  • To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons.
    • usage: "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale"
  • To the full extent.
    • usage: "loyal even unto death"
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APAWordNet. (2010). Even. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/even/definitions/1173590
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