even number
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- noun
- /ˈiːvən ˈnʌmbər/
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número par
- The teacher divided the class into groups of an even number to facilitate discussions.
- odd and even numbers
But all the other even numbers he couldn't solve.
- But all the other even numbers he couldn't solve.
- So you asked me why an even number of face up cards wouldn't work.
- If a permutation P alpha is even, it's built with an even number of transpositions.
- The pattern is that points where lines meet must be surrounded by an even number of regions.
- But it is not clear at all that the the even numbers, which are a subset of the natural numbers would be the same size as the natural numbers.
- Every script ends in an even page, and it ends in an even number of scenes.
- So look, I'm going, I'm going to use a, I'm going to use a even number, right?
Examples
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We already got five, and we want to keep it an even number.
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Could be 1, 2, 3, 4 - or even numbers, 2, 4, 6, 8
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It's gotta be an even number.
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Or any other even number.
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I say four is an even number!
Fiction book (2000) -
Both have been executives at the government level for an even number of years.
Blog text (16) -
There was an even number of males and females, and the participants came from urban and regional areas throughout Australia.
Academic text (2010) -
One objective of the interview process was to secure an even number of male and female participants for subsequent sex comparisons.
Academic text (1991) -
There's one of the problems we have in a courtroom, which is if you have an even number of jurors, then you can have a split decision.
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To ensure fairness in the game, we need an even number of players on each side.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'even' directly specifies a property of 'number' (divisible by two), so the combined phrase denotes a number divisible by two; a B1 learner who knows both words can compose this meaning immediately. This is a conventional, compositional mathematical term found across many languages, making it transparently interpretable.
Etymology
Even number comes from the simple idea of pairs: imagine socks placed in matching pairs so none is left alone. An even number can be split into two equal groups with nothing left over, so it means 'a number you can divide by two'.