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Meaning of 'eve' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Eve [ n.]
- Evening.
- The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event.

Meaning of 'eve' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . eve [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the day before
Example in sentence:
  • he always arrives on the eve of her departure
Meaning (2):
- the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
Example in sentence:
  • he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Meaning (3):
- the period immediately before something
Example in sentence:
  • on the eve of the French Revolution

Nearby Words:

evectics evection even evene evened evener evenfall evenhand evenhanded evening

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