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Eve

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Eve  (v)
In the Bible, the first woman and the wife of Adam.

[Late Latin va, Hva, from Hebrew awwâ, living, life, from , to live; see yw in Semitic roots.]

eve  (v)
n.
1. The evening or day preceding a special day, such as a holiday.
2. The period immediately preceding a certain event: the eve of war.
3. Evening.

[Middle English, variant of even; see even2.]

eve [iːv]
n
1.
a.  the evening or day before some special event or festival
b.  (capital when part of a name) New Year's Eve
2. the period immediately before an event on the eve of civil war
3. an archaic word for evening
[variant of even2]

Eve [iːv]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament the first woman; mother of the human race, fashioned by God from the rib of Adam (Genesis 2:18-25)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.EveEve - (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
Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
2.eve - the day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her departure"
24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
3.eve - the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the French Revolution"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
4.Eveeve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
daylight, daytime, day - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
guest night - an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests
sundown, sunset - the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

eve
noun
1. night before, day before, vigil the eve of his 27th birthday
2. brink, point, edge, verge, threshold when Europe stood on the eve of war in 1914
Translations
Eve [iːv] NEva
eve1 [iːv] Nvíspera f
on the eve of (lit) → en la víspera de (fig) → en vísperas de
eve2 [iːv] N (liter) (= evening) → tarde f

eve [ˈiːv] n
on the eve of → à la veille de Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve

Eve
nEva f

eve1
nVorabend m; on the eve ofam Tage vor (+dat), → am Vorabend von or +gen

eve2
n (obs, poet)Abend m

Eve [iːv] nEva
eve [iːv] nvigilia
on the eve of → alla vigilia di
Eve [iːv] nEva
eve [iːv] nvigilia
on the eve of → alla vigilia di

eve
n eve [iːv]
1 the day or evening before a festival Christmas Eve; New Year's Eve. ou عَشِيَّة، لَيْلَة (العيد) навечерие předvečer svátku juleaften; -aften der Vortag, -abend παραμονή víspera eelõhtu شب پیش از روز عزیز aatto veille עֶרֶב - पूर्व सन्ध्या noć uoči praznika (elő)est sebelum vaka; aðfangadagur vigilia 前夜 (교회 축제일, 명절날 등의) 전날(밤) išvakarės (svētku) priekšvakars hari sebelum vooravond aften (før en høytid) wigilia véspera ajun канун predvečer sviatku dan/večer (pred praznikom) veče uoči helgdagsafton วันก่อนวันหยุดหรือวันสำคัญ arife 節日的前夜 святий вечір کسی کلیسائی تہوار یا اہم تقریب سے پچھلا دن یا رات ngày hoặc đêm trước lễ hội
2 the time just before an event on the eve of (the) battle. vooraand عَشِيَّة، لَيْلَة (وُقوع الحَدَث) навечерие předvečer tid umiddelbart før der Vorabend παραμονές víspera künnis آستانه aatto veille עֶרֶב - घटना से पूर्व uči vmi előestéjén menjelang rétt fyrir vigilia 直前 (중요한 사건 등의) 직전 išvakarės priekšvakars menjelang vooravond umiddelbart før, terskelen til przeddzień véspera ajun канун predvečer predvečer uoči tiden omedelbart före วันก่อนวันเทศกาล arife (重大事件的)前夕 переддень کسی واقعہ سے ایک دن قبل thời gian liền trước một sự kiện quan trọng
3 evening. aand, naand مَساء вечер večer aften der Abend απόγευμα tarde õhtu سرشب ilta soir עֶרֶב संध्या večer, noć est sore kvöld sera 夕方 저녁 vakaras vakars malam avond kveld, aften wieczór tarde seară вечер večer večer veče afton, kväll ช่วงเวลาค่ำ akşam 傍晚 вечір شام buổi tối

Eve عشية předvečer aftenen før Vorabend παραμονή víspera aatto veille večer vigilia 前夜 전야 vooravond aften wigilia véspera канун afton คืนวันก่อนวันเทศกาล arife hôm trước 前夕


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Weller,' replied Emma; 'we always have on Christmas Eve.
Up rose the maiden in the yellow night, The single-mooned eve
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