Noun
- 1. evening, eve, even, eventide, day, daytime, daylight
- usage: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
Verb
- 1. flush, level, even out, even, change surface
- usage: make level or straight; "level the ground"
- 2. even, even out, change, alter, modify
- usage: become even or more even; "even out the surface"
- 3. even, even out, regularize, regularise
- usage: make even or more even
Adjective
- 1. even (vs. odd)
- usage: divisible by two
- 2. even, fifty-fifty, equal (vs. unequal)
- usage: 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"
- 3. even (vs. uneven), flat, level, plane, flatbottom, flatbottomed, flush(predicate), justified, lap-jointed, straight-grained, level, true, straight, smooth, steady
- usage: 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"
- 4. even, regular, symmetrical (vs. asymmetrical), symmetric
- usage: symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon"
- 5. even, regular, steady (vs. unsteady)
- usage: occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing"
- 6. tied(predicate), even, level(predicate), equal (vs. unequal)
- usage: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied"
Adverb
- 1. even
- usage: 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!"
- 2. even
- usage: in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
- 3. even, yet, still
- usage: to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale"
- 4. even
- usage: to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
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