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1. (noun) 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
2. (noun) eve
the day before
"he always arrives on the eve of her departure"
3. (noun) eve
the period immediately before something
"on the eve of the French Revolution"
4. (noun) evening, eve, even, eventide
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
"he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
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| Definitions of 'EVE' |
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1. (noun) EVE
evening
2. (noun) EVE
the evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event
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