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.

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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.”

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eve ¹ British  

/ iːv /

noun

1. 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

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Eve ² 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 Cultural  

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

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eve Idioms  

1. see on the eve of.

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Etymology

Origin of eve

1200–50; Middle English; variant of even ²

Example Sentences

On the eve of this week's game in the bowels of the Stade Velodrome, he was asked about those memories.

From BBC

On the eve of an England one-day international, Harry Brook explained his actions from the eve of England's previous one-day international.

From BBC

Last year, on the eve of another scheduled trial, Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloid publisher NGN agreed to pay him "substantial damages" for privacy breaches, including phone hacking.

From Barron's

Guardiola typically prefers to train in Manchester on the eve of an away game in Europe before travelling and conducting media duties later in the day.

From Barron's

On the eve of the tournament Gauff said that she has "good days and really bad days" with her serve.

From Barron's

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