Used in a Sentence

evens

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for evens.

Editorial note

There are costs involved with building and operating a datacenter, and that evens things out a bit.

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Quick take

odds of 1:1; even money

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of evens gathered in one view.

noun

odds of 1:1; even money

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for evens.

noun

odds of 1:1; even money

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Example sentences

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There are costs involved with building and operating a datacenter, and that evens things out a bit.

2

You definitely want to use a library that wraps getSelection() and evens out cross-browser inconsistencies.

3

As well, the moon slows our rotation and evens out the procession of our axis, which results in milder seasonal climate changes.

4

Sometimes works great, sometimes it doesn't, hopefully it evens out positively in the end.

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And given that everything else evens out statistically over time, it's not as if downvotes will ever stray too far from constructive criticism.

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Or if you want to be statistical about it, it all evens out in the way that it should on the scale of the universe.

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How many of those 310,000 evens till go to r/cooking?

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If you have all evens in one place, you can't get back to having odds again - you can't (ever) increase the number of odds that already exist to balance things out, you can only decrease the evens.

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Luckily they got McDavid, so that kinda evens things out.

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She evens send me emoticons, pictures and voice notes!

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I like to see a law or amendment that evens the playing field by making it unlawful for government officials and officers to lie.

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Assuming you can only add two atoms at random, there are four options: odd + odd = even (odd reduced by 2, evens increased by 1) odd + even = odd (evens reduced by 1) even + odd = odd (evens reduced by 1) even + even = even (evens reduced by 1!) When the evens outnumber the odds, odd+odd will be rare, so the percentage of evens will tend to decrease until it reaches 50%.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use evens in a sentence?

There are costs involved with building and operating a datacenter, and that evens things out a bit.

What does evens mean?

odds of 1:1; even money

What part of speech is evens?

evens is commonly used as noun.