noun
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(diminutive) An even number.
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So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
verb
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To make flat and level.
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We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
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To equal.
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To be equal.
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Thrice nine evens twenty seven.
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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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We need to even the score.
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To set right; to complete.
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To act up to; to keep pace with.
adjective
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Flat and level.
example
Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
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Without great variation.
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Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
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Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
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Call it even.
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(of an integer) Divisible by two.
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Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
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(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
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On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
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On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
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You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.
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Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
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Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
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Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
adverb
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Exactly, just, fully.
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I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised.
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In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
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Did you even make it through the front door?
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Emphasizing a comparative.
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I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.
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Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.
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My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.