Eve - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|iːv|
Brit.
|iːv|
noun
- (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
- the day before
- the day before
he always arrives on the eve of her departure
- the period immediately before somethingon the eve of the French Revolution
- the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) (syn: even, evening, eventide)he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Extra examples
...from morn to eve the settlers toiled to eke a living from the harsh land...
We're arriving on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve
Word forms
noun
singular: eve
plural: eves
singular: eve
plural: eves
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