even
Even means level and flat. When you’re planning to build one of your famously elaborate sandcastles on the beach, you probably make sure the sand is even before you start.
Something smooth and regular, like a wall that’s prepped for painting, is even. Even also describes a balance like when you give all the kids an even amount of candy, or something that is calm, like a person who has an even temper. In math, an even number is one that can be divided by two without a remainder. The adverb even is used to emphasize something, like when your friend doesn’t even see you waving frantically at her.
being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
“an
even application of varnish”“an
even floor”“the road was not very
even”“the picture is
even with the window”-
Synonyms:
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flat, level, planehaving a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
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flatbottom, flatbottomedhaving a flat bottom
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flushof a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
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justifiedhaving words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
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lap-jointedjointed so as to produce a flush surface
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straight-grainedof timber; having fibers that run in parallel
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leveloriented at right angles to the plumb
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straight, trueaccurately fitted; level
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smoothhaving a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
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steadynot subject to change or variation especially in behavior
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Antonyms:
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unevennot even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
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crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavelike, wavyuneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
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cross-grained, curly-grained, wavy-grainedof timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel
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irregular(of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical
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jagged, jaggy, scraggyhaving a sharply uneven surface or outline
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lumpyhaving lumps; not smooth and even in texture
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out of true, untruenot accurately fitted; not level
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patchyirregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.
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pebble-grained(of leather) having a rough surface as the result of being treated with a patterned roller
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raggedhaving an irregular outline
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unparallelnot straight or parallel
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rough, unsmoothhaving or caused by an irregular surface
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unsteadysubject to change or variation
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flat, level, plane
equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
“even amounts of butter and sugar”“on
even terms”“it was a fifty-fifty (or
even) split”“had a fifty-fifty (or
even) chance”“an
even fight”-
synonyms:
fifty-fifty-
equalhaving the same quantity, value, or measure as another
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equal
symmetrically arranged
“even features”-
synonyms:
regular-
symmetric, symmetricalhaving similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts
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symmetric, symmetrical
occurring at fixed intervals
of the score in a contest
make level or straight
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gradelevel to the right gradient
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strickle, strikesmooth with a strickle
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stricklelevel off with a strickle in a measuring container
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aggradebuild up to a level by depositing sediment
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type of:
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change surfaceundergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
make even or more even
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synonyms:
even out-
type of:
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regularise, regularizemake regular or more regular
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regularise, regularize
become even or more even
divisible by two
used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
“even an idiot knows that”“declined
even to consider the idea”“I don’t have
even a dollar!”in spite of; notwithstanding
“even when he is sick, he works”“even with his head start she caught up with him”to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
to the full extent
“loyal
even unto death”the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)