even
divisible by two
How often you will meet it
Rank 131 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 185,978 times across 175,173 chapters — 0.088% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- divisible by two
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced also: fifty-fifty even amounts of butter and sugaron even terms
- 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 varnishan even floor
- symmetrically arranged also: regular even featuresregular features
- occurring at fixed intervals also: regular a regular beatthe even rhythm of his breathing
- of the score in a contest also: tied, level the score is tied
adverb
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected even an idiot knows thatdeclined even to consider the idea
- in spite of; notwithstanding even when he is sick, he workseven with his head start she caught up with him
even in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Even things that are true can be proved.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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How things had come about even yet she could hardly remember or comprehend.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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The wilds are everywhere--on the Thames Embankment, even in this God-forsaken corner of the world.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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One rode sidewise, both looked absurdly small, and even that far away the boy knew them for strangers.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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With that, even as the thunder of voices began, he felt himself lifted, swung to men's shoulders, carried forward.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1