even

/ˈi·vən/ v [I/T] (EQUAL)

Definition

› to make equal: [T] Tonight’s win evens their record at 6-6. [M] They won the next night to even up the score. [M] Taking me to the movies isn’t going to even things out.

(Definition of even v (EQUAL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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even adv EMPHASIS
even adv MORE EXACTLY
even if idiom
even so idiom
even though idiom
even v EQUAL
even-handed adj
evening dress n
evening n
evenly adv IN CONTINUOUS WAY
evenly adv IN EQUAL WAY

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British English

even adj EQUAL
even adj CONTINUOUS
even adj FLAT
even adj NUMBER
even adv EMPHASIS
even adv MORE EXACTLY

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even if idiom
even so idiom
even though idiom
get even idiom
break even idiom
don’t (even) go there idiom

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