English Dictionary

even

/ˈiːvən/

adj

Flat and level. / Without great variation. / Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc. / (not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.

The road is even and smooth.

意味（1）

Flat and level.

Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.

意味（2）

Without great variation.

Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.

意味（3）

Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

The distribution of food must be even.

意味（4）

(not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.

Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.

意味（5）

(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

Coles. How many shares have you bought, Mr. Garfinkle?

Garfinkle. One hundred and ninety-six thousand. […]

Coles. How many shares have you bought, Mr. Garfinkle? Garfinkle. One hundred and ninety-six thousand. […] Jorgenson. […] How'd you figure out to buy such an odd amount? Why not two hundred thousand — nice even number. Thought you liked nice even numbers.

意味（6）

On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.

意味（7）

(colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.

You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.

意味（8）

parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

And shall lay thee even with the ground.

意味（9）

(obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.

I know my life so even.

意味（10）

(obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

His even servant.