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Idioms about even
break even, to have one's profits equal one's losses; neither gain nor lose: The company barely broke even last year.
get even, to be revenged; retaliate: He vowed to get even for the insult.
Origin of even
1First recorded before 900; Middle English adjective even, efn(e), emne, Old English efen, efn; cognate with Gothic ibns, Old High German eban, Old Norse jafn “even, equal”; adverb and verb derivative of the adjective
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1. See level.
OTHER WORDS FROM even
e·ven·er, noune·ven·ly, adverbe·ven·ness, nounOther definitions for even (2 of 3)
even2
[ ee-vuhn ]
/ ˈi vən /
noun Archaic.
evening; eve.
Origin of even
2First recorded before 950; Middle English eve(n), Old English ǣfen, ēven; akin to German Abend, Old Frisian āvend, ēvend; see evening
Other definitions for even (3 of 3)
Even
[ ey-wuhn, ev-uhn ]
/ ˈeɪ wən, ˈɛv ən /
noun, plural E·vens, (especially collectively) E·ven for 1.
a member of a Siberian people living mainly in the Yakut Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.
the Tungusic language spoken by the Even.
Also called Lamut.
Origin of Even
<Russian ėvén<Evenki əwən
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British Dictionary definitions for even (1 of 2)
even1
/ (ˈiːvən) /
adjective
adverb
verb
to make or become even
Derived forms of even
evener, nounevenly, adverbevenness, nounWord Origin for even
Old English efen; related to Old Norse jafn even, equal, Gothic ibns, Old High German eban
British Dictionary definitions for even (2 of 2)
Word Origin for even
Old English ǣfen; related to Old Frisian ēvend, Old High German āband
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Scientific definitions for even
even
[ ē′vən ]
Divisible by 2 with a remainder of 0, such as 12 or 876.
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