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level
flat and level, with no parts that are higher than other parts [≠ uneven]:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://image16.360doc.com/DownloadImg/2010/10/2816/6354172_2.gif) The floor must be completely even before we lay the tiles.
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://image16.360doc.com/DownloadImg/2010/10/2816/6354172_2.gif) He had lovely white, even teeth.
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not changing
an even rate, speed, or temperature is steady and does not change:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://image16.360doc.com/DownloadImg/2010/10/2816/6354172_2.gif) The room is kept at an even temperature.
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://image16.360doc.com/DownloadImg/2010/10/2816/6354172_2.gif) Wood burns at a fairly even rate.
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divided equally
divided equally, so that there is the same amount of something in each place, for each person etc:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://image16.360doc.com/DownloadImg/2010/10/2816/6354172_2.gif) Divide the dough into three even amounts.
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://image16.360doc.com/DownloadImg/2010/10/2816/6354172_2.gif) an even distribution of wealth
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number
HMN an even number can be divided exactly by two [≠ odd]:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://image16.360doc.com/DownloadImg/2010/10/2816/6354172_2.gif) 2, 4, 6 and 8 are even numbers.
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competition
having teams or competitors that are equally good so that everyone has a chance of winning:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://pubimage.360doc.com/wz/default.gif) The first half was very even, and neither side scored.
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://pubimage.360doc.com/wz/default.gif) an even contest
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scores
if the score in a game is even, two teams or players have the same number of points:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://pubimage.360doc.com/wz/default.gif) At the end of the first half the score is even.
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informal to no longer owe someone something, especially money:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://pubimage.360doc.com/wz/default.gif) If you give me $5, we'll be even.
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calm
calm and controlled, and not extreme:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://pubimage.360doc.com/wz/default.gif) He read most of the speech in an even tone.
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a situation in which it is just as likely that something will happen as not happen:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://pubimage.360doc.com/wz/default.gif) We knew there was an even chance that the operation would fail.
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informal to do something unpleasant to someone to punish them for something that they did to you [= get revenge (on somebody)]:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://pubimage.360doc.com/wz/default.gif) I'll get even with him one day.
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to neither make a profit nor lose money:
![Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM](http://pubimage.360doc.com/wz/default.gif) We're hoping that we'll at least break even, and perhaps make a small profit.
even-tempered
—evenness noun [uncountable]
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