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Even (adjective)
Flat and level.
“Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.”
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Even (adjective)
Without great variation.
“Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.”
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Even (adjective)
Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
“The distribution of food must be even.”
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Even (adjective)
Divisible by two.
“Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.”
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Even (adjective)
Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
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Even (adjective)
On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
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Even (adjective)
On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
“You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we’re even.”
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Even (adjective)
parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
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Even (adjective)
Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
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Even (adjective)
Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
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Even (verb)
To make flat and level.
“We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.”
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Even (verb)
To equal.
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Even (verb)
To be equal.
“Thrice nine evens twenty seven.”
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Even (verb)
To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
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Even (verb)
To set right; to complete.
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Even (verb)
To act up to; to keep pace with.
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Even (adverb)
Exactly, just, fully.
“I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised.”
“You are leaving tonight? — Even so.”
“This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.”
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Even (adverb)
In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
“Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.”
“Did you even make it through the front door?”
“That was before I was even born.”
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Even (adverb)
Emphasizing a comparative.
“I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.”
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Even (adverb)
Signalling a correction of one’s previous utterance; rather, that is.
“My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.”
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Even (noun)
An even number.
“So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.”
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Even (noun)
Evening.
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Event (noun)
An occurrence; something that happens.
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Event (noun)
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
“I went to an event in San Francisco last week.”
“Where will the event be held?”
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Event (noun)
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
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Event (noun)
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
“In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.”
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Event (noun)
A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
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Event (noun)
A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
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Event (noun)
A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
“If X is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: X = 1, X = 2, X ge 5, X not = 4, and X isin {1,3,5}.”
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Event (noun)
An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
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Event (noun)
An episode of severe health conditions.
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Event (verb)
To occur, take place.
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Event (verb)
To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
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Event (verb)
To expose to the air, ventilate.
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Even (noun)
the end of the day; evening
“bring it to my house this even”
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Even (adjective)
flat and smooth
“prepare the site, then lay an even bed of mortar”
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Even (adjective)
in the same plane or line; level
“run a file along the saw to make all of the teeth even with each other”
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Even (adjective)
equal in number, amount, or value
“an even gender balance among staff and students”
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Even (adjective)
equally balanced
“the first half of the match was fairly even”
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Even (adjective)
having little variation in quality; regular
“they travelled at an even and leisurely pace”
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Even (adjective)
(of a person’s temper or disposition) equable; calm
“she was known to have an even temper and to be difficult to rile”
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Even (adjective)
(of a number, such as 2, 6, or 108) divisible by two without a remainder
“any number doubled is even”
“a meter that reads only in even numbers”
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Even (adjective)
bearing a number that is divisible by two without a remainder
“headers can be placed on odd or even pages or both”
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Even (verb)
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”
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Even (adverb)
used to emphasize something surprising or extreme
“they have never even heard of the United States”
“they wore fur hats, even in summer”
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Even (adverb)
used in comparisons for emphasis
“he knows even less about it than I do”
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Even (adverb)
used in questions to indicate confusion or exasperation
“what even is bitcoin, anyway?”
“what is this whole thing even about?”