EVEN

Even

Even are an Australian indie rock three-piece fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ashley Naylor, with Matthew Cotter on drums and Wally Kempton on bass and backing vocals. Even formed in Melbourne in 1994 and have played regularly around the live music scene since.

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even

Noun

  1. Evening.

Verb

  1. To make flat and level.
    We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
  2. To equal.
  3. To be equal.
  4. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
  5. To set right; to complete.
  6. To act up to; to keep pace with.

Adjective

  1. Flat and level.
    Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
  2. Without great variation.
    Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
  3. Equal in proportion, quantity, size etc.
    The distribution of food must be even.
  4. Divisible by two.
    Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
  5. Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  6. On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.
  7. On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
    You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.
  8. parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit
  9. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
  10. Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

Adverb

  1. Exactly, just, fully.


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