Even (adjective)
Flat and level.
“Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.”
Even (adjective)
Without great variation.
“Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.”
Even (adjective)
Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
“The distribution of food must be even.”
Even (adjective)
Divisible by two.
“Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.”
Even (adjective)
Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
Even (adjective)
On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
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.”
Even (adjective)
parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
Even (adjective)
Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
Even (adjective)
Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
Even (verb)
To make flat and level.
“We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.”
Even (verb)
To equal.
Even (verb)
To be equal.
“Thrice nine evens twenty seven.”
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.
Even (verb)
To set right; to complete.
Even (verb)
To act up to; to keep pace with.
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.”
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.”
Even (adverb)
Emphasizing a comparative.
“I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.”
Even (adverb)
Signalling a correction of one’s previous utterance; rather, that is.
“My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.”
Even (noun)
An even number.
“So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.”
Even (noun)
Evening.
Event (noun)
An occurrence; something that happens.
Event (noun)
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
“I went to an event in San Francisco last week.”
“Where will the event be held?”
Event (noun)
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
Event (noun)
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
“In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.”
Event (noun)
A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
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.
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}.”
Event (noun)
An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
Event (noun)
An episode of severe health conditions.
Event (verb)
To occur, take place.
Event (verb)
To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
Event (verb)
To expose to the air, ventilate.
Even (noun)
the end of the day; evening
“bring it to my house this even”
Even (adjective)
flat and smooth
“prepare the site, then lay an even bed of mortar”
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”
Even (adjective)
equal in number, amount, or value
“an even gender balance among staff and students”
Even (adjective)
equally balanced
“the first half of the match was fairly even”
Even (adjective)
having little variation in quality; regular
“they travelled at an even and leisurely pace”
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”
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”
Even (adjective)
bearing a number that is divisible by two without a remainder
“headers can be placed on odd or even pages or both”
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”
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”
Even (adverb)
used in comparisons for emphasis
“he knows even less about it than I do”
Even (adverb)
used in questions to indicate confusion or exasperation
“what even is bitcoin, anyway?”
“what is this whole thing even about?”