evening

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eve⋅ning

[eev-ning]

–noun

1.	the latter part of the day and early part of the night.

2.	the period from sunset to bedtime: He spent the evenings reading.

3.	Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. the time between noon and sunset, including the afternoon and twilight.

4.	any concluding or declining period: the evening of life.

5.	an evening's reception or entertainment: Their evenings at home were attended by the socially prominent.

–adjective

6.	of or pertaining to evening: The evening sky shone with stars.

7.	occurring or seen in the evening: the evening mist.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE ǣfnung, equiv. to ǣfn(ian) draw toward evening + -ung n. suffix

Synonyms:
1. eventide, dusk, twilight, gloaming, nightfall.

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e⋅ven

1 [ee-vuh

–adjective

1.	level; flat; without surface irregularities; smooth: an even road.

2.	on the same level; in the same plane or line; parallel: even with the ground.

3.	free from variations or fluctuations; regular: even motion.

4.	uniform in action, character, or quality: to hold an even course.

5.	equal in measure or quantity: Add even amounts of oil and vinegar.

6.	divisible by two, as a number (opposed to odd ).

7.	denoted by such a number: the even pages of a book.

8.	exactly expressible in integers, or in tens, hundreds, etc., without fractional parts: an even seven miles.

9.	Mathematics. (of a function) having a sign that remains the same when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time.

10.	equally balanced or divided; equal: Check to see if the scales are even.

11.	leaving no balance of debt on either side; square: We will not be even until I can repay him for saving my life.

12.	calm; placid; not easily excited or angered: an even temper.

13.	equitable, impartial, or fair: an even bargain.

–adverb

14.	evenly: The road ran even over the fields.

15.	still; yet (used to emphasize a comparative): even more suitable.

16.	(used to suggest that something mentioned as a possibility constitutes an extreme case or an unlikely instance): Even the slightest noise disturbs him. Even if he attends, he may not participate.

17.	just (used to emphasize occurrence, coincidence, or simultaneousness of occurrences): Even as he lay dying, they argued over his estate.

18.	fully or quite: even to death.

19.	indeed (used as an intensive for stressing the identity or truth of something): He is willing, even eager, to do it.

20.	exactly or precisely: It was even so.

–verb (used with object)

21.	to make even; level; smooth (sometimes fol. by out): to even a board with a plane.

22.	to place in an even state as to claim or obligation; balance (often fol. by up): to even up accounts.

–verb (used without object)

23.	to become even: The odds evened before the race.

—Verb phrase

24.

even out,

a.	to make or become even, smooth, or flat: The wrinkles will even out when the suit dries.

b.	to become equal, balanced, stable, etc.: optimistic that the situation would even out eventually.

—Idioms

25.	break even, to have one's profits equal one's losses; neither gain nor lose: The company barely broke even last year.

26.	get even, to be revenged; retaliate: He vowed to get even for the insult.

Origin:
bef. 900; (adj.) ME; OE efen; c. Goth ibns, OHG eban, ON jafn even, equal; (adv.) ME even(e), OE efne, deriv. of the adj.; (v.) ME evenen, OE efnan to lower, deriv. of the adj.

Related forms:

e⋅ven⋅er, noun

e⋅ven⋅ly, adverb

e⋅ven⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. plane. See level. 12. tranquil, temperate, composed, peaceful. 13. just.

Antonyms:
1. irregular. 12. mercurial. 13. biased.

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e·ven¹ (ē'vən)

adj.

1. Having a horizontal surface; flat: an even floor.
2. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations; smooth. See Synonyms at level.
3. Being in the same plane or line; parallel: The picture is even with the window.
4. Having no variations or fluctuations; uniform: the even rhythm of his breathing.
5. Of uniform distribution: an even application of varnish.
6. Placid; calm: an even temperament.
7. Equal or identical in degree, extent, or amount: Use even amounts of butter and sugar.
8. Equally matched or balanced: an even fight.
9. Just; fair: an even bargain.
10. Having nothing due on either side; square: If we each take half, then we'll be even.
11. Having exacted full revenge.
12. Having an equal score: The teams are even at halftime.
13. Being equal for each opponent. Used of a score.
14. Exactly divisible by 2.
15. Characterized or indicated by a number exactly divisible by 2.
16. Having an even number in a sequence.
17. Having an even number of members.
1. Having no variations or fluctuations; uniform: the even rhythm of his breathing.
2. Of uniform distribution: an even application of varnish.
3. Placid; calm: an even temperament.
4. Equal or identical in degree, extent, or amount: Use even amounts of butter and sugar.
5. Equally matched or balanced: an even fight.
6. Just; fair: an even bargain.
7. Having nothing due on either side; square: If we each take half, then we'll be even.
8. Having exacted full revenge.
9. Having an equal score: The teams are even at halftime.
10. Being equal for each opponent. Used of a score.
11. Exactly divisible by 2.
12. Characterized or indicated by a number exactly divisible by 2.
13. Having an even number in a sequence.
14. Having an even number of members.
1. Equal or identical in degree, extent, or amount: Use even amounts of butter and sugar.
2. Equally matched or balanced: an even fight.
3. Just; fair: an even bargain.
4. Having nothing due on either side; square: If we each take half, then we'll be even.
5. Having exacted full revenge.
6. Having an equal score: The teams are even at halftime.
7. Being equal for each opponent. Used of a score.
8. Exactly divisible by 2.
9. Characterized or indicated by a number exactly divisible by 2.
10. Having an even number in a sequence.
11. Having an even number of members.
Having equal probability; as likely as not: an even chance of winning.
Sports
1. Having an equal score: The teams are even at halftime.
2. Being equal for each opponent. Used of a score.
3. Exactly divisible by 2.
4. Characterized or indicated by a number exactly divisible by 2.
5. Having an even number in a sequence.
6. Having an even number of members.
Mathematics
1. Exactly divisible by 2.
2. Characterized or indicated by a number exactly divisible by 2.
3. Having an even number in a sequence.
4. Having an even number of members.
1. Having an even number in a sequence.
2. Having an even number of members.
Having an exact amount, extent, or number; precise: an even pound; an even foot.

adv.

1. To a greater degree or extent. Used as an intensive with comparative adjectives and adverbs: Looked sick and felt even worse.
2. Indeed; moreover. Used as an intensive: He was depressed, even suicidal. Even a child knows better.
3. Used as an intensive to indicate something that is unexpected: declined even to consider the idea.
At the same time as; already; just: Even as we watched, the building collapsed.
To a degree that extends; fully: loyal even unto death.
Exactly; precisely: It was even as he said: the jewel was gone.

tr. & intr.v. e·vened, e·ven·ing, e·vens
To make or become even.

[Middle English, from Old English efen.]
e'ven·er n., e'ven·ly adv., e'ven·ness n.

eve·ning (ēv'nĭng)

The period of decreasing daylight between afternoon and night.
The period between sunset or the evening meal and bedtime: a quiet evening at home.
A later period or time: in the evening of one's life.
Chiefly Southern U.S. The time from noon to twilight.

[Middle English, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian, to become evening, from ǣfen, evening.]

Word Origin & History

even

O.E. efen "level," also "equal" (as in efeneald "of the same age"), from P.Gmc. *ebnaz (cf. Ger. eben, Goth. ibns). Etymologists are uncertain whether the original sense was "level" or "alike." Of numbers, from 1557. Modern adverbial sense (introducing an extreme case of something more generally implied) seems to have arisen 16c. from use of the word to emphasize identity ("Who, me?" "Even you," etc.) Sense of "on an equal footing" is from 1637; rhyming reduplication phrase even steven is attested from 1866; even break first recorded 1911.

evening

from O.E. verb æfnung "grow toward evening," from æfnian "become evening," from æfen "evening" (see eve). As a synonym of even (n.), it dates from c.1440 and now entirely replaces the older word in this sense. Another O.E. noun for "evening" was cwildtid.

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Bible Dictionary

Evening

the period following sunset with which the Jewish day began (Gen. 1:5; Mark 13:35). The Hebrews reckoned two evenings of each day, as appears from Ex. 16:12: 30:8; 12:6 (marg.); Lev. 23:5 (marg. R.V., "between the two evenings"). The "first evening" was that period when the sun was verging towards setting, and the "second evening" the moment of actual sunset. The word "evenings" in Jer. 5:6 should be "deserts" (marg. R.V.).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

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