Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To make even; to make level.

  2. (intransitive)To become even.

    even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing

  3. To secure a profit to offset a previous loss.

Examples

43 sentences
  1. Tom didn't even help Mary up.

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  2. Even Tom got up early today.

    ruДаже Том сегодня встал рано.

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  3. Tom might even end up back in Boston.

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  4. Tom may even end up back in Boston.

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  5. Tom didn't even look up from his book.

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Forms

evens up, evening up, evened up, evened up
Base formeven up · to even up
3rd person singularevens up
Present participleevening up
Past simpleevened up
Past participleevened up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeven up
he, she, itevens up

Past simpleLesson

all personsevened up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave evened up
he, she, ithas evened up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill even up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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