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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | even out |
| Type of | regularize, regularise |
even::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fifty-fifty |
| Derivation | evenness |
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.
even::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | evenness |
an even application of varnish.
an even floor.
the road was not very even.
the picture is even with the window.
Examples of even
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Even after eight months, Riley says the flood continues to wreck people's lives.
From the tennessean.com
He no longer believes that capital punishment can be even-handedly administered.
From the dailyherald.com
I know the Willises would have forgiven him, had he even bothered to ask for it.
From the dailyherald.com
The 5-foot-9 forward-guard even had a nifty reverse layup in the fourth quarter.
From the dailyherald.com
Favre was sidelined by a throwing shoulder too damaged for even him to overcome.
From the dailyherald.com
Holbrooke, by contrast, was all bright colors even when forced into diplo-speak.
From the newsweek.com
The show was beset by numerous stops and starts, even a heckler in the audience.
From the abcnews.go.com
It turned out to be an even better thing as I got lost on my way to the airport.
From the stltoday.com
Even with 11 offensive rebounds, Jacksonville turned them into just four points.
From the stltoday.com
- Divisible by two
- Evening: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
- Flush: make level or straight; "level the ground"
- Used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!"
- Become even or more even; "even out the surface"
- Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "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"
- Even are an Australian indie rock three-piece fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ashley Naylor, with Matthew Cotter on drums and Wally Kempton (also known as Wally Meanie) on bass and backing vocals. Even formed in Melbourne in 1994 and have played regularly around the live music scene since.
- Dany Muszkat Co-CEO/Investor Relations Officer,
- Even is a Norwegian form of the name Eivind, coming from Norse Eivindr (and which exists as Eivindur in Iceland) which has its origin in Old Norse words (auja-, -winduR) often interpreted as words for "gift" and "winner". It is a somewhat common name in Norway, but is very rare in other countries.
