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eve
1[eev]
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter), the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event.
Christmas Eve; the eve of an execution.
the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc..
on the eve of the American Revolution.
the evening.
Eve
2[eev]
noun
(in the Bible) the name of the first woman: wife of Adam and progenitor of the human race.
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “life.”
eve
1/ iːv /
noun
the evening or day before some special event or festival
( capital when part of a name )
New Year's Eve
the period immediately before an event
on the eve of civil war
an archaic word for evening
Eve
2/ iːv /
noun
Old Testament the first woman; mother of the human race, fashioned by God from the rib of Adam (Genesis 2:18-25)
Eve
In the Book of Genesis, the first woman. (See Adam and Eve and Creation.)
Word History and Origins
Origin of eve1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
On the eve of the wedding, she was photographed wearing the most fashionable garment of the 1960s: the miniskirt.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have kicked off bilateral talks in Beijing, on the eve of a massive military parade in the Chinese capital.
He has accused Patterson of a years-long campaign to poison him too - but three charges of attempted murder relating to him were dropped on the eve of the trial.
The 50-year-old was originally charged with three counts of attempted murder against her estranged husband Simon Patterson, but these charges were dropped on the eve of her trial.
Two years ago, in a cramped hotel room in Quito, Ecuador, he told me on the eve of his journey that even if he died en route, it would be worth it.
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