even

adverb5

1. •
   including the most surprising example of what is being said

   • Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
   • Did you even make it through the front door?
2. •
   Used to emphasise a comparative.

   • I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.
3. •
   Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.

   • Bob is taller than Alice, but Cameron is even taller than Bob.
4. •
   Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).

   • My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.
5. •
   (no longer used) Exactly; just; fully.

   • I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised.
   • You are leaving tonight? — Even so.

adjective10

1. •
   Flat and level.

   • Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
2. •
   Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

   • The distribution of food must be even.
   • Call it even.
3. •
   Of an integer, divisible by two.

   • Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
4. •
   (informal) 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.
5. •
   Without great variation.

   • Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
6. •
   On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
7. •
   (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
8. •
   Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

   • And shall lay thee even with the ground. — 1611
9. •
   (no longer used) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.

   • I know my life so even. — 1613
10. •
    (no longer used) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

verb6

1. •
   To make flat and level.

   • We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
2. •
   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.

   • We need to even the score.
3. •
   (no longer used) To equal or equate; to make the same.

   • The English Earl [William Longespée the Younger], though he stood on the lower ground in point of birth, yet conceived himself to even him [Robert I, Count of Artois] in valour and martiall knowledge. — 1639
4. •
   (no longer used) To be equal.

   • Thrice nine evens twenty seven.
5. •
   (no longer used) To act up to; to keep pace with.

   • Prithee away, There's more to be considered: but we'll even All that good time will give us. — 1611
6. •
   (no longer used) To set right; to complete.

noun2

1. •
   An even number.

   • So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
2. •
   (literary, no longer used) Evening.

   • We'll meet at even, when the sun is set.

noun1

1. •
   A member of an indigenous people living in Siberia and the Russian Far East.