EVEN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make even or more even
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) even is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower See Also Cause(s)
  2. Meaning
    • become even or more even
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • even out the surface
    Hypernyms(s) even is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • make level or straight
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • level the ground
    Hypernyms(s) even is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

EVEN as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • equal in degree or extent or amount
    • or equally matched or balanced
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
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  2. Meaning
    • of the score in a contest
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the score is tied
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  3. Meaning
    • 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 Example(s)
    • an even application of varnish
    • an even floor
    • the road was not very even
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    Antonym(s) Similar To See Also Attribute(s)
  4. Meaning
    • divisible by two
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  5. Meaning
    • occurring at fixed intervals
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a regular beat
    • the even rhythm of his breathing
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  6. Meaning
    • symmetrically arranged
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • even features
    • regular features
    • a regular polygon
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EVEN as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
    Usage Example(s)
    • even an idiot knows that
    • declined even to consider the idea
    • I don”t have even a dollar!
  2. Meaning
    • to a greater degree or extent
    • used with comparisons
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • looked sick and felt even worse
    • an even (or still) more interesting problem
    • still another problem must be solved
    • a yet sadder tale
  3. Meaning
    • in spite of
    • notwithstanding
    Usage Example(s)
    • even when he is sick, he works
    • even with his head start she caught up with him
  4. Meaning
    • to the full extent
    Usage Example(s)
    • loyal even unto death