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A Writer's Dictionary:

evened Definition


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even1
adj
    1. Smooth and flat.
      Thesaurus: flat, smooth, level.
    2. Constant or regular.
      Example: travelling at an even 50mph
      Thesaurus: uniform, similar, alike, regular, equal, homogeneous, equivalent, commensurate.
    3. Said of a number: divisible by 2, with nothing left over.
    4. Designated or marked by an even number.
      Example: the even houses in the street
    5. Level, on the same plane or at the same height as it.
      Form: even with something (usually)
    6. Having no advantage over or owing no debt to them.
      Form: even with someone (often)
    7. Said of temper or character, etc: calm.
    8. Equal.
      Example: an even chance
adverb
    1. Used with a comparative to emphasize a comparison with something else.
      Example: He's good, but she's even better
      Thesaurus: still, yet; moreover.
    2. Used with an expression stronger than a previous one.
      Example: He looked sad, even depressed
    3. Used to introduce a surprising piece of information
      Example: Even John was there!
    4. Used to indicate a lower extreme in an implied comparison
      Example: Even a child would have known that!
verb
    evened, evening
    1. To make it equal.
      Thesaurus: stabilize, steady, balance, equalize, regulate, level, align.
      Form: even something up (often)
noun
    1. An even number, or something designated by one.
      Form: evens (usually)
    2. Same as even money.
      Form: evens
Derivative: evenly
    In an even way; uniformly.
    In equal parts or shares.
      Example: evenly divided
Derivative: evenness
noun
    Idiom: even as
      At that, or this, very moment when something specified happened or happens.
        Example: Even as we speak the result is announced
    Idiom: even if (even so, even though)
      Used to emphasize that whether or not something is or might be true, the following or preceding statement is or would remain true.
        Example: He'd be unhappy even if he did get the job
        Example: He got the job but, even so, he's still unhappy
    Idiom: even now
      Still; after all that has happened.
    Idiom: even then
      After all that had happened, will have happened, or would have happened.
    Idiom: get even with someone
      To be revenged on them.
    Idiom: on an even keel
      Balanced; not tilting to either side.
      Said eg of business affairs: well organized; running smoothly.
      Said of a person: not in an unstable state of mind.
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon efen.

    Phrasal Verb: even out
      To become level or regular.
    Phrasal Verb: even something out or up
      To make it smooth or level.


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