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eve

1 American  
[eev] / iv /

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event.

    Christmas Eve; the eve of an execution.

  2. the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc..

    on the eve of the American Revolution.

  3. the evening.

Eve 2 American  
[eev] / iv /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the name of the first woman: wife of Adam and progenitor of the human race.

  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “life.”

Eve 1 British  
/ iːv /

noun

  1. Old Testament the first woman; mother of the human race, fashioned by God from the rib of Adam (Genesis 2:18-25)

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eve 2 British  
/ iːv /

noun

    1. the evening or day before some special event or festival

    2. ( 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Eve Cultural  

  1. In the Book of Genesis, the first woman. (See Adam and Eve and Creation.)

eve Idioms  

  1. see on the eve of.

Etymology

Origin of eve

1200–50; Middle English; variant of even 2

Example Sentences

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Despite the Brook incident, which took place on the eve of the third one-day international against New Zealand in Wellington prior to the Ashes series, England's alcohol consumption in Australia came under scrutiny.

From BBC

The main impact on Americans from the fighting is rising oil prices, which are roughly 13% higher than they were on the eve of the war.

From Barron's

Newey's remarks on the eve of the new Formula 1 season laid bare the crisis at Honda as the company starts its new working relationship with Aston Martin beset by performance and reliability problems.

From BBC

Oil prices are at about $82 a barrel, 13% higher than where the oil benchmark traded on the eve of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal

In an email on the eve of the visit, Lutnick's wife Allison wrote to Epstein's assistant: "We are looking forward to visiting you", and, "We would love to join you for lunch".

From BBC

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.