![]() equitable, impartial, or fair: an even bargain.Not easily excited or angered: an even temper. Square: We will not be even until I can repay him for saving my life. leaving no balance of debt on either side.Mathematics(of a function) having a sign that remains the same when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time.Įqual: Check to see if the scales are even.Mathematicsexactly expressible in integers, or in tens, hundreds, etc., without fractional parts: an even seven miles.Mathematicsdenoted by such a number: the even pages of a book.Mathematicsdivisible by two, as a number (opposed to odd).equal in measure or quantity: Add even amounts of oil and vinegar.uniform in action, character, or quality: to hold an even course.To neither gain nor lose: The company was managing only to break even. Idioms, Business break even, to have one's profits equal one's losses.They need two home runs to even out the score. even out, to make or become level, smooth, or equal: The wrinkles will even out when the suit dries.to make level, smooth, or equal: worked all day to even the pavement.(used to stress or emphasize the truth of something): He is willing, even eager.fully or quite: ready to fight even unto death.(used to connect clauses to emphasize that the occurrence of one event is almost at the same time as the other): Even as help was coming, the troops surrendered.(used with a superlative adjective, or with the conjunction if, to suggest that some possibility is unlikely to happen): Even the slightest noise disturbs him.(used with a comparative word to emphasize the comparison, or to mean "still'' or "yet''): That arrangement is acceptable, but this one is even more suitable.Smoothly: The road ran even over the fields. ![]()
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