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Meaning of even

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  even
      adv 1: 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: in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he
         works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
      3: 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" [syn: {even}, {yet}, {still}]
      4: to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
      adj 1: divisible by two [ant: {odd}, {uneven}]
      2: 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" [syn: {even},
         {fifty-fifty}]
      3: 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" [ant:
         {uneven}]
      4: symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features";
         "a regular polygon" [syn: {even}, {regular}]
      5: occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even
         rhythm of his breathing" [syn: {even}, {regular}]
      6: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn:
         {tied(p)}, {even}, {level(p)}]
      n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing
           daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed
           the evening light across the lake" [syn: {evening}, {eve},
           {even}, {eventide}]
      v 1: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: {flush},
           {level}, {even out}, {even}]
      2: become even or more even; "even out the surface" [syn:
         {even}, {even out}]
      3: make even or more even [syn: {even}, {even out}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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