even1
adj.
(evener, evenest)
- flat and smooth; level.
- equal in number, amount, or value.
▸equally balanced:
the match was fairly even.
▸having little variation in quality; regular.
- (of a person's temper or disposition) equable; calm.
- (of a number) divisible by two without a remainder.
v.
(
often even out/up)
make or become even.
adv.
used for emphasis:
he knows even less than I do.
Phrase
- even as
at the very same time as. - an even break
informal a fair chance. - even if
despite the possibility or fact that. - even now
(or then)
- now (or then) as well as before.
- in spite of what has (or had) happened.
- at this (or that) very moment.
- even so
nevertheless. - even though
despite the fact that. - of even date
Law or formal of the same date. - on an even keel
- not listing or tilting to one side.
- functioning normally after a period of difficulty.
Derivative
Etymology
OE efen (adj.), efne (adv.), of Gmc origin.