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Flat and level.
- Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
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Without great variation.
- Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
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Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- The distribution of food must be even.
- Call it even.
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Of an integer, divisible by two.
- 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.
- 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. (Can we verify this sense?)
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An even number.
- So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
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Used to emphasise an extreme, unexpected or surprising case or circumstance.
- Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
- I feel lonely even when I'm in a room full of people.
- He won't apologise, not even to his mother.
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Used to emphasise a comparative.
- I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.
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Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Bob is taller than Alice, but Cameron is even taller than Bob.
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Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.
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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.
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To make flat and level.
- We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
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To equal or equate; to make the same.
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To be equal.
- 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.
- 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.
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Evening.
- We'll meet at even, when the sun is set.