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• Partikelverb, das das Ausgleichen, Begradigen oder Angleichen von etwas bezeichnet, also das Beseitigen von Unterschieden, Ungleichheiten oder Unebenheiten.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something level, equal, or balanced, or to remove differences or irregularities.

unzählbar · transitiv und intransitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Make level or smoothinformal

   To make a surface flat, level, or smooth.

   Ebnen

   • He used a trowel to even off the concrete.
   • The carpenter evened off the edges of the board.
   • She evened off the icing on the cake with a spatula.

   Synonymeequalizeflattenlevelplanesmooth

   Antonymedisturbroughenruffleunevenwrinkle

2. Balance or equalizeinformal

   To make something equal or balanced, often in terms of amounts or scores.

   Ausgleichen

   • The team scored a goal to even off the score.
   • We need to even off the payments between the two accounts.
   • The company evened off the profits by reducing expenses.

   Synonymebalancecompensateequalequalizeeven outlevelmatchneutralizeoffsetsquare

Grundverbeven