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Even   /ˈivɪn/   Listen
Even

adverb
1.
Used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected.  "Declined even to consider the idea" , "I don't have even a dollar!"
2.
In spite of; notwithstanding.  "Even with his head start she caught up with him"
3.
To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons.  Synonyms: still, yet.  "An even (or still) more interesting problem" , "Still another problem must be solved" , "A yet sadder tale"
4.
To the full extent.
adjective
1.
Divisible by two.
2.
Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced.  Synonym: fifty-fifty.  "On even terms" , "It was a fifty-fifty (or even) split" , "Had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance" , "An even fight"
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).  "An even floor" , "The road was not very even" , "The picture is even with the window"
4.
Symmetrically arranged.  Synonym: regular.  "Regular features" , "A regular polygon"
5.
Occurring at fixed intervals.  Synonym: regular.  "The even rhythm of his breathing"
6.
Of the score in a contest.  Synonyms: level, tied.
verb
(past & past part. evened; pres. part. evening)
1.
Make level or straight.  Synonyms: even out, flush, level.
2.
Become even or more even.  Synonym: even out.
3.
Make even or more even.  Synonym: even out.
noun
1.
The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).  Synonyms: eve, evening, eventide.



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"Even" Quotes from Famous Books



... je puisse] le prvenir. The queen may not even inform the king of her desire to speak ...
— Esther • Jean Racine
... allies of the enemy on account of their number, yet he handled them in marvelous fashion, now persuading them by a gift of larger pay to change front and join him, now admonishing them to return home, sometimes even announcing a battle with them for a stated day. The result of it all was that they broke up into separate factions and became so fearful that they no longer ventured to fight ...
— Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) • Cassius Dio
... about even when Collie left the bunk-house, his arms laden with the foreman's finery. He colored to his hair as he saw Louise coming toward him. He fumbled at the gate, opened it, and stood aside for her to pass. As she smiled and thanked him, he ...
— Overland Red - A Romance of the Moonstone Canon Trail • Henry Herbert Knibbs
... Even this sum is six times greater than the expenses of government are in America, yet the civil internal government in England (I mean that administered by means of quarter sessions, juries and assize, and which, in fact, is nearly the whole, and performed ...
— The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Complete - With Index to Volumes I - IV • Thomas Paine
... made, even to engaging a small boat, which was to wait for us at Westminster stairs, I took to my bed for the rest of the day. At six o'clock I received the treaties and the bill of exchange from Hamilton and delivered them to Frances. Then I went to ...
— The Touchstone of Fortune • Charles Major


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