/iˈvʌnz/ - [eevunz] - e•vens
We found 5 definitions of evens from 2 different sources.
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even - make even or more even | ||
even out | ||
regularise, regularize make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" | ||
even off, even up, counterbalance, even out, compensate, correct, make up make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" | ||
even - become even or more even; "even out the surface" | ||
even out | ||
modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
Adjectiveeven, evenner, evennest |
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even - 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" | ||
uneven not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain" | ||
smooth lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly" | ||
steady not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves" | ||
invariability, evenness the quality of being resistant to variation | ||
plane, level, flat oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level" | ||
flatbottom, flatbottomed having a flat bottom; "a flatbottom kettle"; "a flatbottomed boat" | ||
flush of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor" | ||
justified having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins | ||
lap-jointed jointed so as to produce a flush surface | ||
straight-grained of timber; having fibers that run in parallel | ||
level oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level" | ||
even - occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" | ||
regular | ||
steady not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves" | ||
even - symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" | ||
regular | ||
symmetric, symmetrical having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts | ||
even - 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" | ||
fifty-fifty | ||
equal having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" | ||
even - divisible by two | ||
Adverb |
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even - 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!" | ||
even - 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" | ||
yet, still | ||
even - in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him" | ||
even - to the full extent; "loyal even unto death" |