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eˇven1  audio  (vn) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
    1. Having a horizontal surface; flat: an even floor.
    2. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations; smooth. See Synonyms at level.
    3. Being in the same plane or line; parallel: The picture is even with the window.
    1. Having no variations or fluctuations; uniform: the even rhythm of his breathing.
    2. Of uniform distribution: an even application of varnish.
    3. Placid; calm: an even temperament.
    1. Equal or identical in degree, extent, or amount: Use even amounts of butter and sugar.
    2. Equally matched or balanced: an even fight.
    3. Just; fair: an even bargain.
    4. Having nothing due on either side; square: If we each take half, then we'll be even.
    5. Having exacted full revenge.
  4. Having equal probability; as likely as not: an even chance of winning.
  5. Sports
    1. Having an equal score: The teams are even at halftime.
    2. Being equal for each opponent. Used of a score.
  6. Mathematics
    1. Exactly divisible by 2.
    2. Characterized or indicated by a number exactly divisible by 2.
    1. Having an even number in a sequence.
    2. Having an even number of members.
  8. Having an exact amount, extent, or number; precise: an even pound; an even foot.
ADVERB:
    1. To a greater degree or extent. Used as an intensive with comparative adjectives and adverbs: Looked sick and felt even worse.
    2. Indeed; moreover. Used as an intensive: He was depressed, even suicidal. Even a child knows better.
    3. Used as an intensive to indicate something that is unexpected: declined even to consider the idea.
  2. At the same time as; already; just: Even as we watched, the building collapsed.
  3. To a degree that extends; fully: loyal even unto death.
  4. Exactly; precisely: It was even as he said: the jewel was gone.
tr. & intr.v.
eˇvened, eˇvenˇing, eˇvens
To make or become even.

IDIOM:
on an even keel
In a stable or unimpaired state: "There was good reason to keep relations with Washington on an even keel" (Helen Kitchen).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English efen

OTHER FORMS:
evenˇer(Noun), evenˇly(Adverb), evenˇness(Noun)


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