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:
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 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.