even

Meaning

Adj

1. Flat and level.
2. Without great variation.
3. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
4. (not-comparable) Divisible by two.
5. Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
6. On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
7. (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
8. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
9. (obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
10. (obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make flat and level.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To equal or equate; to make the same.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be equal.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To set right; to complete.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To act up to; to keep pace with.

Adv

1. (archaic, not-comparable) Exactly, just, fully.
2. (not-comparable) In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
3. (not-comparable) Emphasizing a comparative.
4. (not-comparable) Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.

Noun

An even number.

Noun

Evening.

Synonyms

level

smooth

equal

flat

uniform

regular

still

also

yet

plain

straight

same

even out

steady

too

even if

even though

plane

flatten

although

though

equable

balanced

evening

🌆

flush

like

moreover

alike

including

similar

constant

fair

well-distributed

very

orderly

tied

neat

as well

as much as

smoothen

just

aligned

homogeneous

identical

square

exactly

fifty-fifty

polished

eventide

eve

Translations

même

sogar

gerade

anche

eben

selbst

gelijk

plat

zelfs

pair

gelijkmatig

pari

perfino

vlak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈiːvən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: even

Inherited from Old English: efn

Cognate with Western Frisian: even

Cognate with Low German: even

Cognate with Dutch: even

Cognate with German: eben

Cognate with Danish: jævn

Cognate with Swedish: jämn

Cognate with Icelandic: jafn

Cognate with Old Cornish: eun

Cognate with Old Breton: eun

Cognate with Middle Breton: effn

Cognate with Breton: eeun

Cognate with Sanskrit: अम्नस्

Inherited from Middle English: evenen

Inherited from Old English: efnan

Inherited from Middle English: evene

Inherited from Old English: efne

Inherited from Old English: ǣfen

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Äivend

Cognate with Western Frisian: jûn

Cognate with Dutch: avond

Cognate with Low German: Avend

Cognate with German: Abend

Cognate with Danish: aften

In summary

From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian íeuwen (“even, flat”), West Frisian even (“even”), Alemannic German ëben (“even”), Cimbrian ébane (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen (“leveled”), German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Icelandic jafn (“even”), Norwegian Bokmål jevn (“even, smooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk jamn (“even, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns, “even”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”).
The verb descends from Middle English evenen, from Old English efnan; the adverb from Middle English evene, from Old English efne.
The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यम (yamá, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view.
For the meaning development compare with Latin aequus (“equal, level, even, flat, horizontal”), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj, “even, level, flat, smooth”), ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”), по́ровну (pórovnu, “in equal parts”).

Sentences

She has always been very kind and friendly to everyone , even strangers .

However , the cat is very rare now even in the national park .

They even demanded separate eating and toilet facilities .

Having heard that , the boy became even more interested in alchemy .

There isn't even a single reason for me to go to the lake today .

It didn't even occur to the boy to flee .