Even - Definition

adv 1: 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!"
2: in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he
works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
3: to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked
sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more
interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved";
"a yet sadder tale" [syn: even, yet, still]
4: to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
adj 1: divisible by two [ant: odd, uneven]
2: 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" [syn: even,
fifty-fifty]
3: 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); "an even
application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not
very even"; "the picture is even with the window" [ant:
uneven]
4: symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features";
"a regular polygon" [syn: even, regular]
5: occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even
rhythm of his breathing" [syn: even, regular]
6: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn:
tied(p), even, level(p)]
n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing
daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed
the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve,
even, eventide]
v 1: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: flush,
level, even out, even]
2: become even or more even; "even out the surface" [syn:
even, even out]
3: make even or more even [syn: even, even out]