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Definition even

Etymology 1

From Middle English even, from Old English efen, efn, emn (“even, equal, like, level, just, impartial, true”), from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“flat, level, even; equal, straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h?)emno- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”). Cognate with West Frisian even (“even”), Low German even (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen, German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Icelandic jafn, jamn (“even, equal”), 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 ?????? (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 *h?eym-, (Latin im?g? (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit ???? (yamás, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view.

Adjective

even (comparative more even, superlative most even)

1. Flat and level.
2. Without great variation.
3. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
4. (not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.
5. (of a number) 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

even (third-person singular simple present evens, present participle evening, simple past and past participle evened)

1. (transitive) To make flat and level.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To equal.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be equal.
4. (transitive, obsolete) 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. (transitive, obsolete) To set right; to complete.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To act up to; to keep pace with.

Adverb

even (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Exactly, just, fully.
2. In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
3. Emphasizing a comparative.
4. Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.

Noun

even (plural evens)

1. (mathematics, diminutive) An even number.

Etymology 2

From Middle English even, from Old English ?fen, from Proto-Germanic *?banþs. Cognate with Dutch avond, Low German Avend, German Abend, Danish aften. See also the related terms eve and evening.

Noun

even (plural evens)

1. (archaic or poetic) Evening.

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