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"
- synonyms: even out
- Make even or more even.
- synonyms: even out
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"
- synonyms: fifty-fifty
- 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"
- synonyms: regular
- Occurring at fixed intervals.
- usage: "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing"
- synonyms: regular
- 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"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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