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1. (n.) eve
(sometimes cap.) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
Christmas Eve; the eve of an election.
2. eve
the period preceding any event, crisis, etc.:
on the eve of the revolution.
3. eve
the evening.
4. (n.) Eve
the first woman: wife of Adam and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 3:20.
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| Definition of 'EVE' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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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1. (noun) eve
Christmas Eve/New Year's Eve
the night before Christmas or the New Year
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| Definition of 'EVE' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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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Sense: the day or evening before a festival
Christmas Eve; New Year's Eve.
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Afrikaans: ou |
Arabic: عَشِيَّة، لَيْلَة (العيد) |
Bulgarian: навечерие |
Brazilian: véspera |
Czech: předvečer svátku |
German: der Vortag, -abend |
Danish: juleaften; -aften |
Greek: παραμονή |
Spanish: víspera |
Estonian: eelõhtu |
Farsi: شب پیش از روز عزیز |
Finnish: aatto |
French: veille |
Hebrew: עֶרֶב - |
Hindi: पूर्व सन्ध्या |
Croatian: noć uoči praznika |
Hungarian: (elő)est |
Indonesian: sebelum |
Icelandic: vaka; aðfangadagur |
Italian: vigilia |
Japanese: 前夜 |
Korean: (교회 축제일, 명절날 등의) 전날(밤) |
Lithuanian: išvakarės |
Latvian: (svētku) priekšvakars |
Malay: hari sebelum |
Dutch: vooravond |
Norwegian: aften (før en høytid) |
Polish: wigilia |
Persian: شب پیش از روز عزیز |
Pashto: ما ښام، هغه ورځ يا شپه چه |
Portuguese: véspera |
Romanian: ajun |
Russian: канун |
Slovak: predvečer sviatku |
Slovenian: dan/večer (pred praznikom |
Serbian: veče uoči |
Swedish: helgdagsafton |
Thai: วันก่อนวันหยุดหรือวันสำคั |
Turkish: arife |
Taiwanese: 節日的前夜 |
Ukrainian: святий вечір |
Urdu: کسی کلیسائی تہوار یا اہم |
Vietnamese: ngày hoặc đêm trước lễ hộ |
Chinese: 节日的前夜 |
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