eve
eve Lexical Profile
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• noun
The day or evening before a religious festival, holiday, or other significant date.
"Families gathered around the fireplace to exchange stories on Christmas Eve."
The period or point in time immediately preceding an important event or occasion.
"On the eve of the election, both candidates made their final appeals to undecided voters."
(capitalized) In Abrahamic religions, the first woman created by God and the companion of Adam in the Garden of Eden.
"Renaissance painters frequently depicted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden."
Evening (primarily in literary or poetic contexts).
"The golden light of a summer's eve faded slowly behind the distant hills."
• Rhymes for eve
Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English shortening of 'even' (evening), from Old English 'ǣfen'; the biblical proper noun Eve derives from Hebrew 'Ḥawwāh', traditionally linked to the root meaning 'living' or 'mother of all living'.