- Old Poet. evening
- [oftenE-] the evening or day before a holiday: Christmas Eve
- the period immediately before some event: on the eve of victory
Origin of eve
ME, variant, variety of even from Old English æfen, evening
A child waits for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
Eve is defined as evening, or the day or night before a holiday, or the period of time before an event.
An example of eve is the night before Christmas; Christmas eve.
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Eve
- a feminine name: var. Eva
- Bible the first woman, Adam's wife: Gen. 3:20
Origin of Eve
Middle English from Ecclesiastical Late Latin Eva, Heva from Classical Hebrew (language) ?aww?h, literally , life, living beingWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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eve
noun
- The evening or day preceding a special day, such as a holiday.
- The period immediately preceding a certain event: the eve of war.
- Evening.
Origin of eve
Middle English variant of even ; see even 2.Eve
In the Bible, the first woman and the wife of Adam.
Origin of Eve
Late Latin &Emacron;va, Hēva from Hebrew hawwâ living, life from hāyâ to live hywTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural eves)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present eves, present participle eving, simple past and past participle eved)
Origin
From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.
Proper noun
Origin
From Ancient Greek Εὔα (Εua), from Classical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwah).
Proper noun
Origin
A pun on eavesdropper.
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Sentence Examples
- On Christmas Eve, we sit in front of the fire and take turns reading Christmas stories.
- It was the eve of St. Nicholas, the fifth of December, 1820.
- I want her ready for this eve, Memon ordered.
- On the eve of the fray Papineau sought safety in flight, followed by the leading spirits of the movement.
- The service on Christmas Eve day was, of course, about Jesus.
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