eve Definition
eve (ēv)
noun
- Old Poet. evening
- the evening or day before a holiday Christmas Eve
- the period immediately before some event on the eve of victory
Etymology: ME, var. of even < OE æfen, evening
Eve Definition
Eve (ēv)
noun
- a feminine name: var. Eva
- Bible the first woman, Adam's wife: Gen. 3:20
Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) Eva, Heva < Heb Ḥawwāh, lit., life, living being
eve Synonyms
eve Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- Passover: And they hung him on the eve of the Passover.
- reformation: It is lavish in its use of Catholic imagery, denoting a date on the eve of the Reformation.
- millenium: On the eve of the new millenium, the world is facing a global education crisis.
- invasion: That is why the biggest mobilization ever against capitalist war took place in 2003, on the eve of the invasion of Iraq.
- summit: That is the warning from nature groups on the eve of a summit at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew on Wednesday.
Possessives
- midsummer: Today, for fear of its desecration, Stonehenge is usually shut off to public access on midsummer's eve.
- winter: When they see the dead man he describes his face as pale as the moonlight on a cold winter's eve.
Adjective modifier
- new: We didn't find out untill new years eve.
- very: Finally, on the very eve of World War I he was released for lack of evidence.
Modifies a noun
- n: Eve n if people had recorded the date clearly there have been many calendar alterations since that time.
- magazine: He also appears in his regular feature in eve magazine discussing Christmas presents.
- party: Weddings, new years eve parties, birthday celebrations.
- online: EVE Online is now the largest single online game world with more than 5,000 solar systems connected by a series of jump gates.
Noun used with modifier
- xmas: You recieve a very detailed letter, xmas teddy, chocolates, door sticker & hanger for xmas eve.
- Xmas: Do you still play football on Xmas eve in the rain?
- christmas: She had the op followed by 25 radiotherapy sessions completed christmas eve.
- sat: Boxes ( to seat 2 ): £ 31 Sat eve: £ 15.50.
- millenium: The first came on millenium eve whilst standing on London Bridge waiting for the fireworks to go off.
- year: We didn't find out untill new years eve.
Browse dictionary entries near eve
- ‹ evasive
- ‹ evasion
- ‹ evapotranspiration
- ‹ evaporite
- ‹ evaporation
- ‹ evaporated milk
- ‹ evaporate
- ‹ evaporable
- ‹ Evansville
- ‹ Evanston
- evection ›
- Evelyn ›
- Evelyn,John ›
- even ›
- even money ›
- even-pinnate ›
- even-Stephen ›
- even-steven ›
- even-tempered ›
- evenfall ›

