What is "eve" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does eve mean in English? Meaning of eve definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "eve" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "eve": (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

Noun

  • Meaning: (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
  • Synonyms: eve
  • Instance Hypernyms: adult female woman
  • Meaning of "eve": the day before

    Noun

  • Meaning: the day before
  • Example: he always arrives on the eve of her departure
  • Synonyms: eve
  • Hypernyms: 24-hour interval day mean solar day solar day twenty-four hour period twenty-four hours
  • Meaning of "eve": the period immediately before something

    Noun

  • Meaning: the period immediately before something
  • Example: on the eve of the French Revolution
  • Synonyms: eve
  • Hypernyms: period period of time time period
  • Meaning of "eve": the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

    Noun

  • Meaning: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
  • Example: he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
  • Synonyms: eve even evening eventide
  • Hyponyms: guest night
  • Hypernyms: day daylight daytime
  • Part Holonyms: crepuscle crepuscule dusk evenfall fall gloam gloaming nightfall sundown sunset twilight
  • Synonyms:

    brink, verge, night, threshold, vigil, evening, evening before,

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    eve in English: eve
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