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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Having a horizontal surface; flat.
• adjective Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations; smooth. synonym: level.
• adjective Being in the same plane or line; parallel.
• adjective Having no variations or fluctuations; uniform.
• adjective Of uniform distribution.
• adjective Placid; calm.
• adjective Equal or identical in degree, extent, or amount.
• adjective Equally matched or balanced.
• adjective Just; fair.
• adjective Having nothing due on either side; square.
• adjective Having exacted full revenge.
• adjective Having equal probability; as likely as not.
• adjective Having an equal score.
• adjective Being equal for each opponent. Used of a score.
• adjective Exactly divisible by 2.
• adjective Characterized or indicated by a number exactly divisible by 2.
• adjective Having an even number in a sequence.
• adjective Having an even number of members.
• adjective Having an exact amount, extent, or number; precise.
• adverb To a greater degree or extent. Used as an intensive with comparative adjectives and adverbs.
• adverb Indeed; moreover. Used as an intensive.
• adverb Used as an intensive to indicate something that is unexpected.
• adverb At the same time as; already; just.
• adverb To a degree that extends; fully.
• adverb Exactly; precisely.
• transitive & intransitive verb To make or become even.
• idiom (on an even keel) In a stable or unimpaired state.
• noun Evening.