even

Meaning of even

adjective
  1. flat and smooth.
    prepare the site, then lay an even bed of mortar
  2. equal in number, amount, or value.
    an even gender balance among staff and students
  3. (of a number, such as 2, 6, or 108) divisible by two without a remainder.
    a meter that reads only in even numbers
    any number doubled is even
verb
  1. make or become even.
    she cut the hair again to even up the ends
    it's not exactly revenge I want, but I'd like things evened up
    thereafter prices evened out
adverb
  1. used to emphasize something surprising or extreme.
    they have never even heard of the United States
    they wore fur hats, even in summer

Old English efen (adjective), efne (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch even, effen and German eben .

noun
  1. the end of the day; evening.
    bring it to my house this even

Old English ǣfen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch avont and German Abend .

noun
  1. a member of an indigenous people living in the Kamchatka peninsula of eastern Siberia.
  2. the language of the Even, a Tungusic language with about 6,000 speakers, closely related to Evenki.

adjective

relating to the Even or their language.

Information about even

Hyphenation of even

even

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • even is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

even synonyms

Meaning regular:

regular

Meaning tied:

tied, level

Meaning evening:

evening, eve, eventide

Meaning flush:

flush, level

Meaning yet:

yet, still

Meaning having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations:

flat

Meaning having an even and regular surface; free from perceptible projections, lumps, or indentations:

smooth

Meaning remaining the same in all cases and at all times; unchanging in form or character:

uniform

Meaning lacking distinctive attributes or aspects:

featureless

Meaning not broken, fractured, or damaged:

unbroken

Meaning not harmed or damaged:

undamaged

Meaning (especially of fabric or the skin) free from wrinkles:

unwrinkled

Meaning give a flat and even surface to:

levelled

Meaning completely level or flat:

plane

Meaning in accordance with fact or reality:

true

Meaning relating to or in the form of a plane:

planar

Meaning (of a person) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain:

drawn

Meaning keeping or showing a balance; in good proportions:

balanced

Meaning make or become flat or flatter:

flatten

Meaning make the same in quantity, size, or degree throughout a place or group:

equalize

Meaning put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall:

balance

Meaning make the score of (a match or game) even:

square

Meaning cause (something) to conform to a standard:

standardize

Meaning make (something) regular:

regularize

Meaning counteract or equal the effect or importance of; balance:

equilibrize

Meaning in a way that causes surprise; unexpectedly:

surprisingly

Meaning in a way that was not expected or regarded as likely:

unexpectedly

Meaning in a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory way:

paradoxically

even antonyms

Meaning not level or smooth:

uneven

Meaning (of a surface) uneven, with many patches raised above the rest:

bumpy

Meaning not equal in quantity, size, or value:

unequal

Translation of even

Anagrams of even

eevn, Neve, veen

Words that rhyme with even

Even, eeven, cheven, Keven, breakeven, Leven, Pleven, eleven, leven, pleven, Nickneven, O'Doneven, neven, uneven, Screven, yestereven, NovoSeven, seven, unseven, Kesteven, Steven, steven, sweven, yeven

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